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THRENODY, by                    
First Line: My heart is there
Last Line: "there is my treasure, and my heart is there"
Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement


MY heart is there,
Where, on eternal hills, my loved one dwells,
Among the lilies and the asphodels;
Clad in the brightness of the Great White Throne,
Glad in the smile of Him who sits thereon;
The glory gilding all his wealth of hair,
And making his immortal face more fair;
There is my treasure, and my heart is there.

My heart is there;
With him who made all earthly life so sweet;
So fit to live, and yet to die so meet;
So meek, so grand, so gentle, and so brave,
So ready to forgive, so strong to save;
His fair, pure spirit makes the heavens more fair,
And thither rises all my longing prayer;
There is my treasure, and my heart is there.





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