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GOD BLESS THEE THEN!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

GOD BLESS THEE THEN!

God bless thee then! and thou wilt share with me,
The Desert's solitude, a hermit's lot,
Oh! I will deem the desert blooms like thee
When thou and Love may deign to bless the spot.
And we will stifle, in heart-swelling sighs,
The ruder sounds of terror and affright,
And with the rapturous tears that dim the eyes
Hide ought that might appal or pain the sight.