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NOSTALGIA.
One—where I know not, nor how long ago—Was rapt in vision to the highest heaven,
Where John and Dante came. In vain had striven
Eyes yet death-doom'd to pierce the fiery glow
That hides the throne; but all the burning row
Of Seraphim he saw, the Spirits seven,
Martyrs, high saints, and souls of men forgiven.
Then his heart spoke—‘amid this dazzling show,
And with the songs of angels in my ears,
I think of suffering souls I left below.
I could not breathe in these too happy spheres.
Better than joy is sympathy with woe;
Here I should pine for pity's human tears,
Myself to shed them, and to see them flow.’
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