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DEPARTING.
Weep not for the dead! they lie
Safe from every changing sky;
Over them thou shalt not cry
Any more.
Weep for him whose lessening sail,
Borne upon an outward gale,
Sees the beacon faint and fail
On the shore.
Safe from every changing sky;
Over them thou shalt not cry
Any more.
Weep for him whose lessening sail,
Borne upon an outward gale,
Sees the beacon faint and fail
On the shore.
Weep not for the dead: they sleep
Where no evil visions creep;
God hath sealed their slumber deep
Till His day.
Weep for him who fleeth fast
On a fierce and alien blast,
Torn from all the haunted past,
Far away.
Where no evil visions creep;
God hath sealed their slumber deep
Till His day.
Weep for him who fleeth fast
On a fierce and alien blast,
Torn from all the haunted past,
Far away.
He shall never see again
Home-lit valley, hill, or plain;
He shall mourn and cry in vain
O'er the dead.
Wandering in a stranger-land,
None shall grasp his listless hand,
No sweet sister-nurse shall stand
By his bed.
Home-lit valley, hill, or plain;
He shall mourn and cry in vain
O'er the dead.
Wandering in a stranger-land,
None shall grasp his listless hand,
No sweet sister-nurse shall stand
By his bed.
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Weep for him, and weep for those
Who shall never more unclose
Home's dear portals, nor repose
In its rest.
Foreign where their kindred dwell,
Strange where they have loved too well.
Homesick as no speech can tell,
All unblest.
Who shall never more unclose
Home's dear portals, nor repose
In its rest.
Foreign where their kindred dwell,
Strange where they have loved too well.
Homesick as no speech can tell,
All unblest.
For the dead thou shalt not mourn,
He hath reached a peaceful bourne;
Weep for him, the travel-worn,
All alone!
Life's long torture he must bear
Till his very soul despair,
Helpless both for cry or prayer;
Make his moan!
He hath reached a peaceful bourne;
Weep for him, the travel-worn,
All alone!
Life's long torture he must bear
Till his very soul despair,
Helpless both for cry or prayer;
Make his moan!
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