LAST WORDS.
She said, "Why should we start and shrink?
Why fall your tears in showers?
Heaven's land lies nearer than we think
Unto this world of ours,—
So very near, that I can hear
Its rivers softly flowing,
And feel its blessed atmosphere
Upon my forehead blowing.
"When April danced upon the lea,
With violets on her bosom,
I said, 'I shall not live to see
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