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[Fear not the westering shadows]

‘And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.’— Job xi. 17.

Fear not the westering shadows,
O children of the day!
For brighter still and brighter
Shall be your homeward way.
Resplendent as the morning,
With fuller glow and power,
And clearer than the noonday,
Shall be your sunset hour.