Page 174 - 1982 Falcon
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aid:




                                       And    far  a  th  eye could   e
                                       Dar  ne  cover  d  everything.
                                       Blacker than a  hundr  d  midnigh
                                       n"own  in  a  cypre   wamp.

                                       Th  n  God  miled.
                                       And th  light bro  e,
                                       And the dar  ne  rolled  up on on  ide,
                                       And  the light  tood shining on the other
                                       And  God  aid That'  good!
                                       Th  n  God reached out and t  ok
                                       The light in  hi  hand  until he
                                         ade the  un
                                       And  he  et that  un a-blazing in the Heavens.
                                       And  the light that w   left from  the  un
                                       God gathered it up into a  hining ball
                                       And flung  it again  t  the darkne  ,
                                        pangling the ni  ht with the moon and  tar .

                                       Then down  between the darkne  and light
                                       H  hurled the world!
                                       And G  d  aid: That'  good!

                                                         ... Jame  Weldon John  on
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