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 I heard thy music, O sweetness of sweetness! And I shut my ears For fear I should fail.

I kissed thy lips, O sweetness of sweetness! And I hardened my heart For fear of my ruin.

I blinded my eyes, And my ears I shut, I hardened my heart And my love I quenched.

I turned my back On the dream I had shaped, And to this road before me My face I turned.

I set my face To the road here before me, To the work that I see, To the death that I shall meet.

MUSIC

There is a hunger in my heart to-night, A longing in my soul, to hear The voice of heaven o'er the noise of earth That doth assail mine ear.