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TRANSITION by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL

First Line: O LAY AGAIN THY HAND IN MINE
Last Line: DEAR VOICE, SPEAK ON.
Subject(s): ANGELS; DEATH; LOVE - NATURE OF; TRANSIENCE; DEAD, THE; IMPERMANENCE;

O lay again thy hand in mine,
The day is done;
O say again all joys divine
And earthly from my eyelids shine.
The sands are run.

I see the gleam of some far land
Where bright ones dwell;
Like presence of that angel-band,
I hear thy voice and feel thy hand.
Dear heart, farewell.

Love will not die but grow more fair
When earth is gone;
As I pass hence, I know not where,
Speak on dear voice through ambient air
And be one tone familiar there.
Dear voice, speak on.



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