A VISION OF LIFE AND DEATH.
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'Yea! lifted she her calm, calm brow,
Her clear cold smile on me:
Whereat within my deepness, leap'd
Mine immortality.
'She told me, it did move her smile,
To witness how I sigh'd,
Because that what was fragile brake,
And what was mortal died:
'As if that kings could grasp the earth,
Who from its dust began;
As if that suns could shine at night,
Or glory dwell with man.
'She told me, she had freed his soul,
Who aye did freedom love;
Who now reck'd not, were worms below,
Or ranker worms above!
