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But I've been walking through the night and the day Till my eyes get weary and my head turns grey, And sometimes it seems maybe God's gone away, Forgetting the promise that we heard him say— And we're lost out here in the stars—

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Oh, the days dwindle down
To a precious few …
And these few precious days
I'll spend with you.

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But it's a long, long while
From May to December;
And the days grow short
When you reach September.

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Will you tell me how a man's
to live, and face his life, if he can't believe
that truth's like a fire,
and will burn through and be seen
though it takes all the years there are?

Maxwell Anderson

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Maxwell Anderson

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Born: December 15, 1888
Died: February 28, 1959 (aged 70)
Bio: James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.
Known for:
  1. Lost in the Stars (1946)
  2. Knickerbocker Holiday (1938)
  3. Both Your Houses (1933)
  4. Winterset (1935)
  5. Joan of Lorraine (1945)

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