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Heart o' the North

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And when I come to the dim trail-end,         I who have been Life's rover,         This is all I would ask, my friend,         Over and over and over:         A little space on a stony hill         With never another near me,         Sky o' the North that's vast and still,         With a single star to cheer me;         Star that gleams on a moss-grey stone         Graven by those who love me -         There would I lie alone, alone,         With a single pine above me;         Pine that the north wind whinneys through -         Oh, I have been Life's lover!         But there I'd lie and listen to         Eternity passing over.

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