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Ailes d'Alouette

(Second Series): By F. W. Bourdillon

Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)

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From the light of Love behind me
Falls the shadow of my soul
On my pathway, to remind me
I have passed, not won, the goal.

For behind me is the glory,
And before me is the gloom,
The unknown end of the story,
Darkness, solitude, and doom.