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AN ETERNITY by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH

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First Line: THERE IS NO DUSK TO BE
Last Line: DEATH NEVER WAS.
There is no dusk to be,
There is no dawn that was,
Only there's now, and now,
And the wind in the grass.

Days I remember of
Now in the heart, are now;
Days that I dream will bloom
White the peach bough.

Dying shall never be
Now in the windy grass;
Now under shooken leaves
Death never was.


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