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SONGS FOR MUSIC.
Oh no! not such! that lingering spell
Would lure me back to life,
When my weaned heart hath said farewell,
And passed the gates of strife.
Let not a sigh of human love
Blend with the song its tone!
Let no disturbing echo move
One that must die alone!
But pour a solemn-breathing strain
Filled with the soul of prayer;
Let a life's conflict, fear, and pain,
And trembling hope be there.
Deeper, yet deeper! in my thought
Lies more prevailing sound,
A harmony intensely fraught
With pleading more profound
