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AWAKE THOU THAT SLEEPEST by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND
Last Line: THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND.
THE night is far spent, the day is at hand:
Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness,
And let us put on the armour of light.
Night for the dead in their stiffness and starkness!
Day for the living who mount in their might
Out of their graves to the beautiful land.

Far, far away lies the beautiful land:
Mount on wide wings of exceeding desire,
Mount, look not back, mount to life and to light,
Mount by the gleam of your lamps all on fire
Up from the dead men and up from the night.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand.



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