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[XXI. Immortal is an ample word]
Immortal is an ample word
When what we need is by,
But when it leaves us for a time,
'T is a necessity.
When what we need is by,
But when it leaves us for a time,
'T is a necessity.
Of heaven above the firmest proof
We fundamental know,
Except for its marauding hand,
It had been heaven below.
We fundamental know,
Except for its marauding hand,
It had been heaven below.
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