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Ailes d'Alouette
F. W. Bourdillon
Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)
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Ailes d'Alouette
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LIGHT AT EVENTIDE
WHAT heart except to die can find
The rain-beat roses,
Though storms be past and heaven grow kind
Ere daylight closes?
O sunless lives, long taught to bend
By years of sadness,
What can ye do if sorrows end
But die of gladness?
Ailes d'Alouette