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Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3832 (December 16th, 1914)
Between Midnight and Morning by Owen Seaman
4262444Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3832 (December 16th, 1914) — Between Midnight and MorningOwen Seaman

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MORNING.

[Lines for King Albert's Book, published to-day for the benefit of The Daily Telegraph's Belgian Relief Fund.]

You that have faith to look with fearless eyes
Beyond the tragedy of a world at strife,
And trust that out of night and death shall rise
   The dawn of ampler life;

Rejoice, whatever anguish rend your heart,
That God has given you, for a priceless dower,
To live in these great times and have your part
   In Freedom's crowning hour.

That you may tell your sons who see the light
High in the heaven, their heritage to take:—
"I saw the powers of darkness put to flight!
   I saw the morning break!"
O. S.