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THE REQUIEM OF GENIUS.
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And we will dream it is thy joy we hear,
When life's young music, ringing far and clear,
O'erflows the sky:
—No tears for thee! the lingering gloom is ours—
Thou art for converse with all glorious powers,
Never to die!