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TO-MORROW by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

First Line: OLD FRAUD, I KNOW YOU IN THAT GAY DISGUISE
Last Line: ALL THE DULL YESTERDAYS THAT I HAVE KNOWN.
Subject(s): FUTURE; PAST; TIME;
Old fraud, I know you in that gay disguise,
That air of hope, that promise of surprise:
Beneath your bravery, as you come this way,
I see the sordid presence of To-day;
And I shall see there, long ere you are gone,
All the dull Yesterdays that I have known.



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