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First Line: Yes, as a sunburst flushing mountain-snow
Last Line: Being of god, and therefore not to die.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary


YES, as a sunburst flushing mountain-snow,
Fell the celestial touch of fire ere long
On the pale stillness of thy thoughtful brow,
And thy calm spirit lightened into song.
Unconsciously, perchance, yet free and strong
Flowed the majestic joy of tuneful words,
Which living harps the choirs of heaven among
Might well have linked with their divinest chords.
Full many a strain, borne far on glory's blast,
Shall leave, where once its haughty music passed,
No more to memory than a reed's faint sigh;
While thine, O childlike Virgin! through all time
Shall send its fervent breath o'er every clime,
Being of God, and therefore not to die.





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