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 Respond with all the love thou hast. Receive

Celestial Light and, if thy heart must grieve,

Be strong of soul; nor turn away thine ear

From that soul's song, inspired by vision clear:

For is well! Give to despair no heed;

Reject it; 'tis a dank, pernicious weed.

The darkest hour, the murkiest place of woe,

The direst crime, most agonizing throe,

Shall yet give way before the Light Divine

Which dwells in all that is, and forth will shine.

List to the melodies the soul doth sing,

Vibrating chords that unto heart shall bring

A joyous symphony whose voices give

Rich harmonies that evermore will live.

Rejoice in life; rejoice yet more when Death,

Whose holy kiss absorbs our fleeting breath,

Draws nigh, a friend who lets us out to play

In broader fields of universal day.

Rejoice for all that lives, and all that dies;

The piteous cry, the sunny smile, both rise;

For these are prayers that will The Good attain,

Where all shall blend in one triumphant strain.