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IN ÆTERNUM, DOMINE.
The rain returns to heaven,
From river and sea roaming,
Like a spirit forgiven
After life's falls and foaming.
From river and sea roaming,
Like a spirit forgiven
After life's falls and foaming.
And the flowers come back in Maytime,
Where late were frozen streams;
As children wake at daytime
From half-remembered dreams.
Where late were frozen streams;
As children wake at daytime
From half-remembered dreams.
The ships return to haven,
Though storms were stark and many;
And the falcon and the raven
To their old nesting-cranny.
Though storms were stark and many;
And the falcon and the raven
To their old nesting-cranny.
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And the stars, whose years are ages,
Return in the vast heaven,
As the hireling for his wages
Returneth at the even.
Return in the vast heaven,
As the hireling for his wages
Returneth at the even.
And Love, divine and deathless,
When one brief day is o'er,
Love faithful as Love faithless,
Shall he return no more?
When one brief day is o'er,
Love faithful as Love faithless,
Shall he return no more?
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