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 There is no death! The stars go down
 * To rise upon some other shore,

And bright in heaven’s jeweled crown
 * They shine for evermore.

There is no death! The dust we tread
 * Shall change beneath the summer showers

To golden grain or mellow fruit
 * Or rainbow-tinted flowers.

The granite rocks disorganize
 * To feed the hungry moss they bear;

The forest leaves drink daily life
 * From out the viewless air.

There is no death! The leaves may fall,
 * The flowers may fade and pass away—

They only wait, through wintry hours,
 * The coming of the May.

There is no death! An angel form
 * Walks o’er the earth with silent tread;

He bears our best-loved things away,
 * And then we call them “dead.”