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 * "A sweet pale child— 

Wearily looking to the purple West— 
 * Waiting the great For-ever 
 * That suddenly shall sever 

The cruel chains that hold her from her rest—
 * By earth-joys unbeguiled. 


 * "An angel-child— 

Gazing with living eyes on a dead face: 
 * The mortal form forsaken, 
 * That none may now awaken, 

That lieth painless, moveless in her place, 
 * As though in death she smiled! 


 * "Be as a child— 

So shall thou sing for very joy of breath— 
 * So shall thou wait thy dying, 
 * In holy transport lying— 

So pass rejoicing through the gate of death, 
 * In garment undefiled.