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DEATH AT DAYBREAK by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH

First Line: I SHALL GO OUT WHEN THE LIGHT COMES IN
Last Line: AND HOW IS A SOUL TO SEE?
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
I SHALL go out when the light comes in --
There lie my cast-off form and face;
I shall pass Dawn on her way to earth,
As I seek for a path through space.

I shall go out when the light comes in;
Would I might take one ray with me!
It is blackest night between the worlds,
And how is a soul to see?



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