by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
Allah be with us
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Ah! when the dark on many a heart descends, Our joy more swiftly runs; Heart of my heart, our great love never ends, Though set ten thousand suns! Allah be with us when that last deep night Shall wrap us round about; And Love be with us, with her steadfast light, When Death our lamp blows out!
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Confirmed with The Quiet Singer and Other Poems by Charles Hanson Towne, B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 129.
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- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, in 86. A Lover in Damascus, no. 6, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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