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 The Book of Pilgrimage In a house was one who arose from the feast

And went forth to wander in distant lands,

Because there was somewhere far off in the East

A spot which he sought where a great Church stands.

And ever his children, when breaking their bread,

Thought of him and rose up and blessed him as dead.

In another house was the one who had died,

Who still sat at table and drank from the glass

And ever within the walls did abide—

For out of the house he could no more pass.

And his children set forth to seek for the spot

Where stands the great Church which he forgot.

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