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IV. BEFORE HE PASSED.
Before he passed from mortal view,
To where he sleeps beneath the yew,
He said, “Weep not; to thee I'll come,
If spirits ever leave that home
Through whose dark gates I go from you.”
To where he sleeps beneath the yew,
He said, “Weep not; to thee I'll come,
If spirits ever leave that home
Through whose dark gates I go from you.”
How firm his promise well I knew;
So as he spake life sweeter grew,
And flowered again my heart in bloom,
Before he passed!
So as he spake life sweeter grew,
And flowered again my heart in bloom,
Before he passed!
Alas! the sweet hope is not true;
He may not tread the avenue
That leadeth from the nether gloom;
Else would he come to this dear room.
I heard his vow,—God heard it too,
Before he passed!
He may not tread the avenue
That leadeth from the nether gloom;
Else would he come to this dear room.
I heard his vow,—God heard it too,
Before he passed!
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