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AT DAYBREAK by SIEGFRIED SASSOON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I LISTEN FOR HIM THROUGH THE RAIN
Last Line: ABIDES WITH ME UNTIL TO-MORROW.
Subject(s): GAYS & LESBIANS; SOLDIERS' WRITINGS;
I LISTEN for him through the rain,
And in the dusk of starless hours
I know that he will come again;
Loth was he ever to forsake me:
He comes with glimmering of flowers
And stir of music to awake me.

Spirit of purity, he stands
As once he lived in charm and grace:
I may not hold him with my hands,
Nor bid him stay to heal my sorrow;
Only his fair, unshadowed face
Abides with me until to-morrow.




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