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A. B.
[Look once more, ere we part!—What is, is best.—]
Look once more, ere we part!—What is, is best.—
So Wisdom her mild counsels brings about,
In ways unsearchable—nor let us doubt,
Seeing that she, the lov'd one, is at rest.
So Wisdom her mild counsels brings about,
In ways unsearchable—nor let us doubt,
Seeing that she, the lov'd one, is at rest.
Her face is veil'd;
—beside her, Faith and Love,
The appointed watchers sit;—Death comes not near;
In calm and sinless peace she sleepeth here,
Shelter'd by wings of mercy from above.
The appointed watchers sit;—Death comes not near;
In calm and sinless peace she sleepeth here,
Shelter'd by wings of mercy from above.
Like to some heavenly guest to earth she came,
To bless us with her innocence, and die;
Bearing her little lamp into the sky,
Which she had fill'd with pure celestial flame.
To bless us with her innocence, and die;
Bearing her little lamp into the sky,
Which she had fill'd with pure celestial flame.
Farewell! farewell! now let me part, alone;
Thick clouds around are gathering, and the gloom
Of coming woes, like night, doth o'er us loom,
With sorrows darker than the earth should own.
Thick clouds around are gathering, and the gloom
Of coming woes, like night, doth o'er us loom,
With sorrows darker than the earth should own.
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