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THE STEP THAT WE KNOW, by                    
First Line: When the day is done
Last Line: For the step that we know.
Subject(s): Comfort; Love - Nature Of


When the day is done,
And the night draweth nigh,
When the homing crowds
Go a-hurrying by,
Our ears are attuned,
Love has made it so,
As we listen and wait
For the step that we know.

With the shades of eve,
Man thinks of the home,
Tho' near he may toil,
Or far he may roam;
The heart reaches out
Thro' the sunset's glow,
As we listen and wait
For the step that we know.

At the twilight hour,
Thro' the passing years,
One shares our joys,
One shares our tears;
Ah, sad it must be
For us here below,
When we listen in vain
For the step that we know.





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