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ONE AND MANY.

He is dead with whom we spake;
Ere the latest war cloud brake,
Vanished, with the smile he wore
When we parted evermore.
As a star that leaves its place
Fills the heavens with passing grace,
Did he set our hearts aglow,
Loving loath to see him go.
Where he was, a shadow rests,
Veiling void in aching breasts:
He but heeds the immortal rule,
Lifted to the Beautiful!