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the chamber called peace.
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Hills and heavens around us, like walls seemed to bound us,
Of a Home all unblighted, a Mansion love-lighted,
  A chamber called Peace.

For, on earth or in heaven, to true hearts is given
  One quiet abode;
One mighty Arm guards them, one blessing rewards them,—
  The Presence of God!
The stars in declining fail not of their shining,
  Through daylight's increase:
They who pass on before us leave dawn breaking o'er us,
Lighting up, through death's grating, our chamber of waiting,
  Our chamber called Peace.