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QUIS SEPARABIT?
'Tis thus they press the hand and part,
Thus have they bid farewell again;
Yet still they commune, heart with heart,
Linked by a never-broken chain.
Thus have they bid farewell again;
Yet still they commune, heart with heart,
Linked by a never-broken chain.
Still one in life and one in death,
One in their hope of rest above;
One in their joy, their trust, their faith,
One in each other's faithful love.
One in their hope of rest above;
One in their joy, their trust, their faith,
One in each other's faithful love.
Yet must they part, and parting, weep;
What else has earth for them in store?
These farewell pangs, how sharp and deep;
These farewell words, how sad and sore!
What else has earth for them in store?
These farewell pangs, how sharp and deep;
These farewell words, how sad and sore!
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Yet shall they meet again in peace,
To sing the song of festal joy,
Where none shall bid their gladness cease,
And none their fellowship destroy.
To sing the song of festal joy,
Where none shall bid their gladness cease,
And none their fellowship destroy.
Where none shall beckon them away,
Nor bid their festival be done;
Their meeting-time the eternal day,
Their meeting-place the eternal throne.
Nor bid their festival be done;
Their meeting-time the eternal day,
Their meeting-place the eternal throne.
There, hand in hand, firm linked at last,
And, heart to heart, enfolded all,
They'll smile upon the troubled past,
And wonder why they wept at all.
And, heart to heart, enfolded all,
They'll smile upon the troubled past,
And wonder why they wept at all.
Then let them press the hand and part,
The dearly loved, the fondly loving,
Still, still in spirit and in heart,
The undivided, unremoving.
The dearly loved, the fondly loving,
Still, still in spirit and in heart,
The undivided, unremoving.
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