George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903.
LifeEdward Rowland Sill (1841–1887)
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And afternoon, and night,—Forenoon, and—what!
The empty song repeats itself. No more?
Yes, that is Life: make this forenoon sublime,
This afternoon a psalm, this night a prayer,
And Time is conquered, and thy crown is won.