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I did not know till she was lost, How much she was beloved; She knows it in that better world, To which she is removed.

I feel as she had only sought Again her native skies; I look upon the heavens, and seem To meet her angel eyes.

Pity, and love, and gentle thoughts, For her sake, fill my mind: They are the only part of her That now is left behind.

disappointed petitioners stood, for a few moments, on the terrace while waiting for their carriage: they stood in complete silence; Ethel the most vexed, Lady Marchmont the most surprised. Henrietta felt like a dethroned