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After-Song
By Richard Watson Gilder (1844–1909)
From ‘The New Day’
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That leads from darkness to the perfect day!
From darkness and from sorrow of the night
To morning that comes singing o’er the sea.
Through love to light! Through light, O God, to thee,
Who art the love of love, the eternal light of light!