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ONSET by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: LO, WHERE THE ROUTED SHADOWS PASS
Last Line: BEFORE THE HOST OF DAY.
Subject(s): DAWN; SUNRISE;

Lo, where the routed shadows pass,
Upon each lifted blade of grass
The tokens of a fray --
Pale life-drops from the heart of night,
Mute witnesses of sudden flight
Before the host of day.



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