| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922. |
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| | | Dorothea Lawrence Mann |
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| WHEN the time for parting comes, and the day is on the wane, | |
| And the silent evening darkens over hill and over plain, | |
| And earth holds no more sorrow, no more grief, and no more pain, | |
| Shall we weary for the battle and the strife? | |
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| When at last the trail is ending, and the stars are growing near, | 5 |
| And we breathe the breath of conquest, and the voices that we hear | |
| Are the great companions’ voices that have hallowed year on year, | |
| Shall we know an instant’s grieving as we pass? | |
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| Shall we pause a fleeting moment ere we grasp the eager hands, | |
| Take one last long look of wonder at the dimming of the lands, | 10 |
| Love the earth one glowing moment ere we pass from its demands, | |
| Cull all beauty in its essence as we gaze? | |
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| Or with not one backward longing shall we leap the last abyss, | |
| Scale the highest crags glad-hearted, fearful only lest the bliss | |
| Of an earth-remembering instant should delay the great sun’s kiss— | 15 |
| Consuming us within the flame? | |
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