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 "From the first of early morning We have toiled along to find you; We, as others, have maligned you, But we need your scorn to-day. By the light that we saw shining, Let us not be lured alway; Let us hear no River calling When to-morrow is to-day."

"But your lanterns are unlighted And the Town is far before you: Let us hasten, I implore you," Said the Watcher by the Way. "Long have I waited, Longer have I known That the Town would have its own, And the call be for the fated.