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thou art absent, and the grieving day
 * Has lost its wonted radiance, I take
 * For solace all thy looks and ways and make

Them rainbow messengers from thee to stay The lonely, lingering hours; and as I lay
 * My gloom amidst thy sunshine there awake
 * Sweet memories and hopes that often break

To little songs that bear me company.

And then upon me there will sometimes steal
 * Those incommunicable thoughts that start

The rivers of the heart until I feel
 * The sudden tremulous rush of all thou art,

And in the fullness of it once more kneel
 * In reverence at the threshold of thy heart!