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THE DAY-BREAKERS


We are not come to wage a strife
  With swords upon this hill,
It is not wise to waste the life
  Against a stubborn will.
Yet would we die as some have done.
Beating a way for the rising sun.

Written by Arna Bontemps (1902-1973)

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