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REMEDY FOR BLIGHT by DAVID HUDSON

First Line: NOW IS THE TIME FORETOLD US
Last Line: FROM THE FACE.

Now is the time foretold us
And the hour is late,
Outside the clouds are flying
At the gate.

This is the measure given
Which we will not take,
The winds will die at morning,
The gate break

And we shall waken driven
And we too shall drive,
Impelling hate and malice
While alive.

But if we were to open,
Ease the heart a space,
These strictures would soon vanish
From the face.



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