< Mandragora
For works with similar titles, see The Hour.
- THE HOUR
COME let us take this hour and hold it up
While our stars shine,
Leaving our joy untouched, as in a cup
Of unspilt wine;
Then, though the deluge break and we be driven
Into the grave,
Like gods unto the gods we shall have given
The gift they gave.
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