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The Comforter

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As I sat by my baby's bed      That's open to the sky,      There fluttered round and round my head      A radiant butterfly.      And as I wept - of hearts that ache      The saddest in the land -      It left a lily for my sake,      And lighted on my hand.      I watched it, oh, so quietly,      And though it rose and flew,      As if it fain would comfort me      It came and came anew.      Now, where my darling lies at rest,      I do not dare to sigh,      For look! there gleams upon my breast      A snow-white butterfly.

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