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REVERIE by WILLIAM BRIAN HOOKER

First Line: I AM VERY OLD TO-NIGHT
Last Line: I AM VERY OLD TO-NIGHT.

I am very old to-night,
And my light is burning low.
There is neither dark nor bright
In my seeing; but I see
Only ghosts of long ago
Gazing on me quietly....
I am very old to-night.



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