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[We buried her among the flowers]
We buried her among the flowers
At falling of the leaf,
And choked back all our tears; her joy
Could never be our grief.
At falling of the leaf,
And choked back all our tears; her joy
Could never be our grief.
She lies among the living flowers
And grass, the only thing
That perishes;—or is it that
Our Autumn was her Spring?
And grass, the only thing
That perishes;—or is it that
Our Autumn was her Spring?
Doubtless, if we could see her face,
The smile is settled there
Which almost broke our hearts, when last
We knelt by her in prayer.
The smile is settled there
Which almost broke our hearts, when last
We knelt by her in prayer.
When with tired eyes and failing breath
And hands crossed on her breast
Perhaps she saw her Guardian spread
His wings above her rest.
And hands crossed on her breast
Perhaps she saw her Guardian spread
His wings above her rest.
So she sleeps hidden in the flowers:
But yet a little while
And we shall see her wake, and rise
Fair, with the selfsame smile.
But yet a little while
And we shall see her wake, and rise
Fair, with the selfsame smile.
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Grain by grain, His hand
Numbers the innumerable sand.
Numbers the innumerable sand.
Lord, I lift to Thee
In peace what is and what shall be:
In peace what is and what shall be:
Lord, in peace I trust
To Thee all spirits and all dust.
To Thee all spirits and all dust.
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