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HAVING OUTLIVED, OUTSUFFERED.
Having outlived, outsuffered, all the rest,
We two shall mark the small loves fade away,
Hidden in the sunlight of our perfect day;
Yea, we shall mount upon the last wave-crest
Of life into some region wholly blest,
And meet with gaze unflinching Love's full ray;
Oh, tarry for me, love—believe, obey—
Joy waits us such as dreamer hath not guessed!
We two shall mark the small loves fade away,
Hidden in the sunlight of our perfect day;
Yea, we shall mount upon the last wave-crest
Of life into some region wholly blest,
And meet with gaze unflinching Love's full ray;
Oh, tarry for me, love—believe, obey—
Joy waits us such as dreamer hath not guessed!
Tarry for me beside life's weary sea,
Beside the breakers, by the craving foam—
This earth is not our rest, it is no home.
Lo! in the end, sweet, I will come to thee,
And thou no more from my true arms shalt roam:
Then dawns the eternal spirit-ecstasy.
Beside the breakers, by the craving foam—
This earth is not our rest, it is no home.
Lo! in the end, sweet, I will come to thee,
And thou no more from my true arms shalt roam:
Then dawns the eternal spirit-ecstasy.
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