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O heavenly child, sweet be thy sleep
  Among the saintly dead.
What a sad, sad thing, is the form of Love
  When the beautiful soul has fled.



The Heart of the Storm
There's a beckoning hand in the lightening's flash,
  A voice from the thundering skies;
That speaks unto earth-bound spirit. "Come;
  Arise, oh soul, arise."

"Mount up on the wings of the rising wind,
  Leave sordid care for an hour."
And nestled close to the heart of the storm
  I drink of its life and power.

I thrill with each bound of its mighty pulse,
  Till the soul, rejoiced and strong,
With an onward sweep is returned to earth,
  And breaks into glad new song.

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