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The Pause.

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There is a pause in nature, ere the storm         Rushes resistless in its awful might;     There is a softening twilight, ere the morn         Expands her wings of glory into light.     There is a sudden stillness in the heart,         Ere yet the tears of wounded feeling flow;     A speechless expectation, ere the dart         Of sorrow lays our fondest wishes low.     There is a dreamy silence in the mind,         Ere yet it wakes to energy of thought;     A breathless pause of feeling, undefined,         Ere the bright image is from fancy caught.     There is a pause more holy still,         When Faith a brighter hope has given,     And, soaring over earthly ill,         The soul looks up to heaven!

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