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 then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."

"Still, through our paltry stir and strife, Glows down the wished Ideal, And Longing moulds in clay what Life  Carves in the marble Real; To let the new life in, we know,  Desire must ope the portal;— Perhaps the longing to be so  Helps make the soul immortal.

"Longing is God's fresh heavenward will With our poor earthward striving; We quench it that we may be still  Content with merely living: But would we learn that heart's full scope  Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope  And realize our longing."