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Where no harsh voice of worldliness disturbs The Sabbath-peace of love. We will go hence, Together with our wedded souls, to Heaven: No solitary lingering, no cold void, No dying of the heart! Our lives have been Lovely through faithful love, and in our deaths We will not be divided.

Herbert.Oh! the peace Of God is lying far within thine eyes, Far underneath the mist of human tears, Lighting those blue still depths, and sinking thence On my worn heart. Now am I girt with strength, Now I can bless thee, my true bride for Heaven!

Edith. And let me bless thee, Herbert! in this hour Let my soul bless thee with prevailing might! Oh! thou hast loved me nobly! thou didst take An orphan to thy heart, a thing unprized And desolate; and thou didst guard her there, That lone and lowly creature, as a pearl