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CHORUS OF DREAMS FROM THE GATE OF HORN.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Yes, the moment shall decide!

It already hath decided;

And the secret once confided

To the keeping of the Titan

Now is flying far and wide,

Whispered, told on every side,

To disquiet and to frighten.

 

Fever of the heart and brain,

Sorrow, pestilence, and pain,

Moans of anguish, maniac laughter,

All the evils that hereafter

Shall afflict and vex mankind,

All into the air have risen

From the chambers of their prison;

Only Hope remains behind.