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[That name! how often every day]
That name! how often every day
We spake it and we heard;
It was to us, 'mid tasks or play,
A common household word.
We spake it and we heard;
It was to us, 'mid tasks or play,
A common household word.
'Tis breathëd yet, that name—but oh!
How solemn now the sound!
One of the sanctities which throw
Such awe our homes around.
How solemn now the sound!
One of the sanctities which throw
Such awe our homes around.
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