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EQUINOCTIAL. MRS. ADELINE D. T. WHITNEY. The sun of life has crossed the line; The summer-shine of lengthened light Faded and failed, till where I stand 'Tis equal day and equal night. One after one, as dwindling hours, Youth's glowing hopes have dropped away,. And soon may barely leave the gleam That coldly scores a winter's day. lam rot young; lam not old ; The flush of morn, the sunset calm, Paling and deepening, each to each Meet midway with a solemn charm One side I see the summer fields Not yet disrobed of all their green j While westerly, along the hills Flamo the first tints of frosty sheen. Ah, middle point, where cloud and storm Make battle-ground of this, my life ! "Where, even-matched, the night and day Wage round me their September strife ! I bow me to the threatening gale : I know when that is overpast, Among the peaceful harvest days, An Indian summer comes at last!
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1452, 11 October 1872, Page 2
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160Select Poetry. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1452, 11 October 1872, Page 2
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