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ECHOES: 11 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THICK IS THE DARKNESS
Last Line: REST IS BEFORE US.
Subject(s): TIME;

Thick is the darkness --
Sunward, O, sunward!
Rough is the highway --
Onward, still onward!

Dawn harbours surely
East of the shadows.
Facing us somewhere
Spread the sweet meadows.

Upward and forward!
Time will restore us:
Light is above us,
Rest is before us.



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