Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AS THY DAYS, SO SHALL THY STRENGTH BE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Day that hath no tinge of night
Last Line: Patient by the way.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


DAY that hath no tinge of night,
Night that hath no tinge of day,
These at last will come to sight
Not to fade away.

This is twilight that we know,
Scarcely night and scarcely day;
This hath been from long ago
Shed around man's way:

Step by step to utter night,
Step by step to perfect day,
To the Left Hand or the Right
Leading all away.

This is twilight: be it so;
Suited to our strength our day:
Let us follow on to know,
Patient by the way.





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