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First Line: Thou too art gone, and yet I hardly know
Last Line: Of the same texture as an angel's love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


THOU too art gone, and yet I hardly know
Why thou didst care to go:
Thou wert so well at heart, so spirit-clear,
So heavenly-calm, though here;
But thus it is; and, it would seem, no more
Can we, who on the shore
Of the loud world still walk, escape the din,
And lie awhile within
The quiet sunlight of thy filmless mind
And rise refreshed, refined;
Yet am I mild and tempered in my grief,
Having a sure relief; --
For these dear hours on life's dull length were sprent,
By rarest accident,
And now I have thee by me when I will,
Hear thy wise words, and fill
My soul with thy calm looks; now I can tame
Ill thoughts by thy mere name.
Death, the Divorcer, has united us
With bands impervious
To any tooth of Time, for they are wove
Of the same texture as an Angel's Love.





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