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ETHER by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN

First Line: PURE AIR THE SOUL DEMANDS
Last Line: HEAVEN'S DOME OF BLUE.
Subject(s): HEAVEN; SOUL; PARADISE;

PURE air the soul demands,
And cloudless light:
Who to himself can say
Bravely, "Thou must!"
Austere compulsion turns
To sweet delight;
He breathes the mountain-air
Of duty loved,
Nobly obeyed.
O'er all the crystal sphere,
Radiant above him springs
From the rude earth below,
Heaven's dome of blue.



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