The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, … - Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke

The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.

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