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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS

There is no absence, though indeed it seems That in a distant land you sometimes stray, Shut far from me by mountains and by streams I, nathless, feel your presence night and day Your cheek next mine rests all throughout my dreams.

There is no absence, though mile after mile Stretches between your clinging hands and mine, In every wave of light I see your smile From every shadow watch your dark eyes shine And feel our love oer-reaching all exile!

Death is but so-called absence, long drawn out Wherein your spirit sweeps to mine again, Undimmed by distance, and unmarred by fear Unfettered by the accident of pain My Own! why dread the distance—There—or Here?

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