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21
Death and Love
I wait death's summons with untroubled heart;For well I know that whereso'er I roam,
Your love will strengthen me to play my part,
Your life will be my haven and my home.
I know that in each world, each sphere, each plane
Your Law, your law of laws, will still hold good,—
The law by which, as often as they wane,
The firesprings of your being are renewed;
The law which is your breath, your word, your will;
The law by which the stars of midnight move;
The law through which all lesser laws fulfil
Their world-wide purposes;—the Law of Love:—
The law of self-transcendence through self-loss;
The law of life through death upon the cross.
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