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WANDERING BEGGARS by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: FROM THE THRESHOLD OF THE DAWN
Last Line: Y' ALLAH! Y' ALLAH!
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;

FROM the threshold of the Dawn
On we wander, always on
Till the friendly light be gone
@3Y' Allah! Y' Allah!@1

We are free-born sons of Fate,
What care we for wealth or state
Or the glory of the great?
@3Y' Allah! Y' Allah!@1

Life may grant us or withhold
Roof or raiment, bread or gold,
But our hearts are gay and bold.
@3Y' Allah! Y' Allah!@1

Time is like a wind that blows,
The future is a folded rose,
Who shall pluck it no man knows,
@3Y' Allah! Y' Allah!@1

So we go a fearless band,
The staff of freedom in our hand
Wandering from land to land,
@3Y' Allah! Y' Allah!@1

Till we meet the Night that brings
Both to beggars and to kings
The end of all their journeyings,
@3Y' Allah! Y' Allah!@1



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