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 At Daybreak by Siegfried Sassoon 
						I listen for him through the rain, And in the dusk of starless hours
 I know that he will come again;
 Loth was he ever to forsake me:
 He comes with glimmering of flowers
 And stir of music to awake me.
 
 Spirit of purity, he stands
 As once he lived in charm and grace:
 I may not hold him with my hands,
 Nor bid him stay to heal my sorrow;
 Only his fair, unshadowed face
 Abides with me until to-morrow.
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