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THE BIRTH OF A WORLD by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: A HIDDEN WORLD
Last Line: OUR FACES TURNED THEREFROM.

A hidden world,
Unwombing, hurled
From dark to light.
And to the skies
Its wondering eyes
The livelong night
Doth Science turn, with sighs
When shadows take their flight.

Another birth --
A soul to earth
But newly come!
Its destiny
Eternity.
With wonder dumb
The heavens look down to see
Our faces turned therefrom.



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