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10 "But, I'll not fear, I will not weep

For those whose bodies rest in sleep,—

I know there is a blessed shore,

Opening its ports for me and mine;

And, gazing Time's wide waters o'er,

I weary for that land divine,

Where we were born, where you and I

Shall meet our dearest, when we die;

From suffering and corruption free,

Restored into the Deity."

"Well hast thou spoken, sweet, trustful child!

And wiser than thy sire;

And worldly tempests, raging wild,

Shall strengthen thy desire—

Thy fervent hope, through storm and foam,

Through wind and ocean's roar,

To reach, at last, the eternal home,

The steadfast, changeless shore!"

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A REMINISCENCE.

, thou art gone! and never more

Thy sunny smile shall gladden me;

But I may pass the old church door,

And pace the floor that covers thee,