Time & Brevity
“So from the bosom of darkness”
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Time & Brevity
So from the bosom of darkness our days come roaring and gleaming,
Chafe and break into foam, sink into darkness again.
But on the shores of Time each leaves some trace of its passage,
Though the succeeding wave washes it out from the sand.
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MLA
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. ““So from the bosom of darkness”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/298/.
Chicago
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. ““So from the bosom of darkness”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/298/.
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