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Why day by day this painful questioning?I know, that it is well. I know that there
(O where?) thou hast protectors, guardians, friends,
If such be needed: angel companies
Move round thee: mighty Spirits lead thy thoughts
To founts of knowledge which we never saw.
I know that thou art happy;—fresh desire
Springing each day, and each day satisfied:
God's glorious works all open to thy view,
His blessed creatures thine, where pain nor death
Disturbs not nor divides. All this I know:
But O for one short sight of what I know!
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