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A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 60 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN

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First Line: NOW HOLLOW FIRES BURN OUT TO BLACK
Last Line: THERE'S NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT.

Now hollow fires burn out to black,
And lights are guttering low:
Square your shoulders, lift your pack,
And leave your friends and go.

Oh never fear, man, nought's to dread,
Look not left nor right:
In all the endless road you tread
There's nothing but the night.




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