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AT EASTER

He saw the myriad blooming plants
That mark the hallowed morn;
He thought upon a lowly mound
In a far land, forlorn,


Where yearning love would never come
To place or flower or leaf,
Where lonely love would never bring
Its heartache for relief.


When, lo! athwart his musings, came
Again that strange appeal

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