Living
XV
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Living
The morning comes not, yet the night
Wanes, and men's eyes win strength to see
Where twilight is, where light shall be
When conquered wrong and conquering right
Acclaim a world set free.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/222/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/222/.
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