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RUTH'S ANSWER TO NAOMI, by                    
First Line: Entreat me not, I must not hear
Last Line: Shall fleshly, sweetly bloom for me.
Subject(s): Naomi (bible); Ruth (bible); Women In The Bible


Entreat me not, I must not hear,
Mark but this sorrow-beaming tear;
Thy answer's written deeply now
On this warm check and clouded brow;
'T is gleaming o'er this eye of sadness
Which only near thee sparkles gladness.
The hearts most dear to us are gone,
And thou and I are left alone;
Where'er thou wanderest, I will go,
I'll follow thee through joy or woe;
Shouldst thou to other countries fly,
Where'er thou lodgest, there will I.
Thy people shall my people be,
And to thy God, I'll bend the knee;
Whither thou fliest, will I fly,
And where thou diest, I will die;
And the same sod which pillows thee
Shall fleshly, sweetly bloom for me.





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