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Dust

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I heard them in their sadness say,         "The earth rebukes the thought of God:     We are but embers wrapt in clay         A little nobler than the sod."          But I have touched the lips of clay--         Mother, thy rudest sod to me     Is thrilled with fire of hidden day,         And haunted by all mystery. --May 15, 1894

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