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Premonition.
by Bliss Carman (William)He said, "Good-night, my heart is light,
To-morrow morn at day
We two together in the dew
Shall forth and fare away.
"We shall go down, the halls of dawn
To find the doors of joy;
We shall not part again, dear heart."
And he laughed out like a boy.
He turned and strode down the blue road
Against the western sky
Where the last line of sunset glowed
As sullen embers die.
The night reached out her kraken arms
To clutch him as he passed,
And for one sudden moment
My soul shrank back aghast.