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In Memoriam.
W. S.
Westminster Abbey, July 5, 1883.
To seek for Truth through all our cosmic space,To fathom all the mysteries of life,
Where passion is no more, and hushed is strife,—
Is this the joy of those whom God's great grace
Has kept His own, to live, yet see His face?
And shall it not be thine, in whom we knew
The noblest gifts that mark the chosen few,
Light-bearers to our mist-encircled race?
Not ended is thy life-work; still there rise
The far-off summits clad in radiant sheen,
And still there live in men's deep memories
The goodness and the greatness that have been;
And those who doubt and those who hope are one,
Learning from thee how all true work is done.
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