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And though I went my way with eyelids wet For grief of one whom I had never met, Because his day so soon was ended, yet

I turned my face up Heavenward again, Believing human love is not in vain; And, moved and softened by the sudden strain

Of fellowship, I touched the larger mood Of universal love, and understood The passion of our common brotherhood.