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A Song Of Heloise

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God send thee peace, Oh, great unhappy heart--     A world away, I pray that thou mayst rest     Softly as on the Well-Belovd's breast,     Where ever in her wistful dreams thou art.     At dawn my prayer is all for thee, at noon     My very heart and, Oh, at night my tears     For all we walk alone the empty years     Nor meet neath any sun--neath any moon.     Yet must my love go with thee--all apart     From this the life I lend to lesser things;     God send to thee this night beneath its wings,     A little peace, Oh, great unhappy heart.

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