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COMFORT

We are as clouds that flit across the moon
And vanish soon.
From Night we pass a moment into Light,
Then, into Night.

—What matter? Clouds and moon, all heaven and earth,
Being little worth,
Pass, But what’s valuable remaineth sure;
God doth endure!

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