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ANSWERED.
I thought to find some healing clime
For her I loved; she found that shore,
That city, whose inhabitants
Are sick and sorrowful no more.
For her I loved; she found that shore,
That city, whose inhabitants
Are sick and sorrowful no more.
I asked for human love for her;
The Loving knew how best to still
The infinite yearning of a heart,
Which but infinity could fill.
The Loving knew how best to still
The infinite yearning of a heart,
Which but infinity could fill.
Such sweet communion had been ours
I prayed that it might never end;
My prayer is more than answered; now
I have an angel for my friend.
I prayed that it might never end;
My prayer is more than answered; now
I have an angel for my friend.
I wished for perfect peace, to soothe
The troubled anguish of her breast;
And, numbered with the loved and called,
She entered on untroubled rest.
The troubled anguish of her breast;
And, numbered with the loved and called,
She entered on untroubled rest.
Life was so fair a thing to her,
I wept and pleaded for its stay.
My wish was granted me, for lo!
She hath eternal life to-day.
I wept and pleaded for its stay.
My wish was granted me, for lo!
She hath eternal life to-day.
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