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IN TUSCANY: PEACE by CORA RANDALL FABBRI

First Line: GOD SPOKE TO HER, AND SO SHE FELL ASLEEP
Last Line: MY LILY AND MY HEART UPON HER BREAST.
GOD spoke to her, and so she fell asleep.
I laid a white fair lily on her heart,
And when I saw her face I could not weep.

It had the peace Death only understands;
And when I knew she would not wake on earth
I laid my heart between her folded hands.

God spoke to her so softly, saying: "Rest."
And when she wakes in heaven, she will find
My lily and my heart upon her breast.



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