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RESPITE by EVA COLEMAN DYBVIG

First Line: LET ME BE ONE WITH THE COOL BROWN EARTH
Last Line: "IS SLEEPING UNDER THE SOD."
Let me be one with the cool brown earth,
Sun, wind, and rain;
Press closer the healing garment,
Balm for my wearying pain.
Let them be done for a time with blaming;
Friend, foe, and God
Alike, say, "Softly! a tired brother
Is sleeping under the sod."



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