Children of the night : a book of poems / Edwin Arlington Robinson [electronic text]

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Children of the night : a book of poems / Edwin Arlington Robinson [electronic text]
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Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
1905
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CREDO

I CANNOT find my way: there is no star In all the shrouded heavens anywhere; And there is not a whisper in the air Of any living voice but one so far That I can hear it only as a bar Of lost, imperial music, played when fair And angel fingers wove, and unaware, Dead leaves to garlands where no roses are.
No, there is not a glimmer, nor a call, For one that welcomes, welcomes when he fears, The black and awful chaos of the night; For through it all, — above, beyond it all, — I know the far-sent message of the years, I feel the coming glory of the Light!

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