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WILL be faithful to thee; aye, I will! And Death shall choose me with a wondering eye That he did not discern and domicile One his by right ever since that last Goodbye!

I have no care for friends, or kin, or prime Of manhood who deal gently with me here: Amid the happy people of my time Who work their love's fulfilment, I appear