<h2><SPAN name="A_Song_of_Rest" id="A_Song_of_Rest"></SPAN>A Song of Rest.</h2>
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<span class="i0">The world may rage without,<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Quiet is here;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Statesmen may toil and shout,<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Cynics may sneer;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">The great world—let it go—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">June warmth be March's snow,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">I care not—be it so<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Since I am here.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Time was when war's alarm<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Called for a fear,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">When sorrow's seeming harm<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Hastened a tear;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Naught care I now what foe<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Threatens, for scarce I know<br/></span>
<span class="i0">How the year's seasons go<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Since I am here.<br/></span>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</SPAN></span></div>
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<span class="i0">This is my resting-place<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Holy and dear,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Where Pain's dejected face<br/></span>
<span class="i4">May not appear.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">This is the world to me,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Earth's woes I will not see<br/></span>
<span class="i0">But rest contentedly<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Since I am here.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Is't your voice chiding, Love,<br/></span>
<span class="i4">My mild career?<br/></span>
<span class="i0">My meek abiding, Love,<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Daily so near?<br/></span>
<span class="i0">"Danger and loss" to me?<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Ah, Sweet, I fear to see<br/></span>
<span class="i0">No loss but loss of <i>Thee</i><br/></span>
<span class="i4">And I am here.<br/></span>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</SPAN></span></div>
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