"Through love to light! Oh wonderful the way That leads from darkness to the perfect day!"
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Poets from the United StatesEditors from the United States19th-century poets from the United StatesJournalists from New Jersey
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"After-Song", line 1; p. 103.
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Richard Watson Gilder
Richard Watson Gilder (February 8, 1844 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet and editor.
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