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[For the ceaseless prayer of a soul is heeded]

For the ceaseless prayer of a soul is heeded,
When the prayer asks only for light and faith,
And the faith and the light, and the knowledge needed,
Shall gild with glory the path to death.
Oh heart of the world by sorrow shaken,
Hear ye the message I have to give.
The seal from the lips of the dead is taken,
And they can say to you, “Lo, we live!”