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I greet the challenge of the dawn         With weary, bleary eyes; Into the sky so ashen wan         I wait the sun to rise; Then in the morning`s holy hush,         With heart of shame I hear A robin from a lilac bush         Pipe pure and clear.         All night in dive and dicing den,         With wantons and with wine I`ve squandered on wild, witless men         The fortune that was mine; The gold my father fought to save         In folly I have spent; And now to fill a pauper`s grave         My steps are bent. See! how the sky is amber bright!         The thrushes thrill their glee. The dew-drops sparkle with delight,         And yonder smiles the sea. Oh let me plunge to drown the pain         Of love and faith forgot: Then purged I may return again,         —Or I may not.
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