The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night, The curtains of the East are drawn, And suddenly-'t is light. (Lewis Morris (poet))

The wind that sighs before the dawn Chases the gloom of night, The curtains of the East are drawn, And suddenly-'t is light.

Lewis Morris (poet)

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