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HEREDITY (1) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
Last Line: HIS DOOM TO WEEP.
Subject(s): DAY; NIGHT; BEDTIME;
The children of the night,
The star, the glowworm bright,
The dewdrop clear,
In livery of light
Undimmed appear.

The children of the Day,
The cleaving shadows gray,
Wan vigils keep,
Twice on their twilight way
His doom to weep.



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