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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908).  An American Anthology, 1787–1900.  1900.
 
948. Evolution
 
By John Banister Tabb
 
 
OUT of the dusk a shadow,
  Then, a spark;
Out of the cloud a silence,
  Then, a lark;
Out of the heart a rapture,        5
  Then, a pain;
Out of the dead, cold ashes,
  Life again.
 

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