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336 A Power is passing from the earth

To breathless Nature's dark abyss;

But when the Mighty pass away

What is it more than this,

That Man, who is from God sent forth,

Doth yet again to God return?—

Such ebb and flow must ever be;

Then wherefore should we mourn?