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We borrow,         In our sorrow,     From the sun of some to-morrow      Half the light that gilds to-day;         And the splendor         Flashes tender     O'er hope's footsteps to defend her      From the fears that haunt the way.         We never         Here can sever     Any now from the forever      Interclasping near and far!         For each minute         Holds within it     All the hours of the infinite,      As one sky holds every star.

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