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A Very Early Riser
From My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889)
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At the Last Day while all the rest
Are soundly sleeping underground,
He will be up clean-shaved and dressed
An hour before the Trumpets sound.
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Codex Note
From the section "Poems for Christie" of My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889).
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Massey, Gerald. “A Very Early Riser.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/190/.
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