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A SONG OF EXPECTANCY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: TIME WILL TELL US: ONLY WAIT
Last Line: RIPENS DAY BY DAY.
Subject(s): TIME;
Time will tell us: only wait;
He alone the secret knows,
He alone the Delphic gate
Shuts or open throws.

Time will tell us: kind is he;
Sorrow wins not by delay,
But the wine of joy to be
Ripens day by day.



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