Here shall be balm for every sore,
Here hearts be young for evermore,
Here shall the rose unwithering bloom,
And harsh unkindness find no room.
Here hearts be young for evermore,
Here shall the rose unwithering bloom,
And harsh unkindness find no room.
XXVIII
Two thoughts in God, as stars were set
In heaven’s divine communion,
To shine of all the starry choir,
In fondest union.
Two thoughts in God, as stars were set
In heaven’s divine communion,
To shine of all the starry choir,
In fondest union.
Till one of them fell prone from heaven
And left its mate to languish,
Till God excused her, too, the skies
Pitying her anguish.
And left its mate to languish,
Till God excused her, too, the skies
Pitying her anguish.
And many a night on earth they yearned—
Sad earth—for their lost Eden,
Till once again they met as men,
As youth and maiden.
Sad earth—for their lost Eden,
Till once again they met as men,
As youth and maiden.
And looking in each others eyes
They recognized straightway,
And lived thrice blest till heaven to rest
Called one away.
They recognized straightway,
And lived thrice blest till heaven to rest
Called one away.
Who dying out of earth recalled
Her love to heaven’s fair shore
And God forbade it not, and now
The’re stars once more.
Her love to heaven’s fair shore
And God forbade it not, and now
The’re stars once more.
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