I Know Not

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Death! I know not what room you are abiding in, But I will go my way, Rejoicing day by day, Nor will I flee or stay For fear I tread the path you may be hiding in. Death! I know not, if my small barque be nearing you; But if you are at sea, Still there my sails float free; 'What is to be will be.' Nor will I mar the happy voyage by fearing you. Death! I know not, what hour or spot you wait for me; My days untroubled flow, Just trusting on, I go, For oh, I know, I know, Death is but Life that holds some glad new fate for me.

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