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Yet A Little While.

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I dreamed and did not seek: to-day I seek     Who can no longer dream;     But now am all behindhand, waxen weak,     And dazed amid so many things that gleam     Yet are not what they seem.     I dreamed and did not work: to-day I work     Kept wide awake by care     And loss, and perils dimly guessed to lurk;     I work and reap not, while my life goes bare     And void in wintry air.     I hope indeed; but hope itself is fear     Viewed on the sunny side;     I hope, and disregard the world that's here,     The prizes drawn, the sweet things that betide;     I hope, and I abide.

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