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RARE MOMENTS by CHARLES HENRY PHELPS

First Line: EACH OF US IS LIKE BALBOA: ONCE IN ALL OUR LIVES DO WE
Last Line: RANK AND TANGLED VINE AND JUNGLE BLOCK OUR PATHWAY TO THE PEAK.
EACH of us is like Balboa: once in all our lives do we,
Gazing from some tropic summit, look upon an unknown sea;

But upon the dreary morrow, every way our footsteps seek,
Rank and tangled vine and jungle block our pathway to the peak.



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