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The hour before the dawn! / O ye who grope therein, with fear and dread / And agony of soul, be comforted, / Knowing, ere long, the darkness will be gone, / And down its dusky aisles the light be shed; / Therefore, in utter trust, fare on -- fare on, / This hour before the dawn!