Then, Most, I Smile.

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("Il est un peu tard.") [Bk. III. xxx., Oct. 30, 1854.] Late it is to look so proud, Daisy queen! come is the gloom Of the winter-burdened cloud! - "But, in winter, most I bloom!" Star of even! sunk the sun! Lost for e'er the ruddy line; And the earth is veiled in dun, - "Nay, in darkness, best I shine!" O, my soul! art 'bove alarm, Quaffing thus the cup of gall - Canst thou face the grave with calm? - "Yes, the Christians smile at all."

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