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 said, "Why should we start and shrink? Why fall your tears in showers? Heaven's land lies nearer than we think Unto this world of ours,— So very near, that I can hear Its rivers softly flowing, And feel its blessed atmosphere Upon my forehead blowing. "When April danced upon the lea, With violets on her bosom, I said, 'I shall not live to see The hay-time violets blossom.'