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And can you blame her that her gaze

Is turned away from earthly ways,

When to her eyes God's light and love

Have giv'n the view of things above?

A gentle spirit sweetly good,

The pearl of precious womanhood;

Who heard the voice of duty clear,

And found her mission soon and near.

She loved all nature, flowers fair,

The warmth of sun, the kiss of air,

The birds that filled the sky with song,

The stream that laughed its way along.

Her home to her was shrine and throne,

But one love held her not alone;

She sought out poverty and grief,

Who touched her robe and found relief.

So sped she in her Master's work,

Too busy and too brave to shirk,

When through the silence, dusk and dim,

God called her and she fled to him.