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a year in heaven.
And half we feel thee leaning from thy deep calm of bliss,
To say of earth, "Beloved, how beautiful it is!
The lilies in this splendor,—the green leaves in this dew;—
O, earth is also heaven, with God's light clothed anew!"
To say of earth, "Beloved, how beautiful it is!
The lilies in this splendor,—the green leaves in this dew;—
O, earth is also heaven, with God's light clothed anew!"
So, when the sky seems bluer, and when the blossoms wear
Some tender, mystic shading we never knew was there,
We 'll say "We see things earthly by light of sainted eyes;
She bends where we are gazing, to-day, from Paradise."
Some tender, mystic shading we never knew was there,
We 'll say "We see things earthly by light of sainted eyes;
She bends where we are gazing, to-day, from Paradise."
Because we know thee near us, and nearer still to Him
Who fills thy cup of being with glory to the brim,
We will not stain with grieving our fair, though fainter light,
But cling to thee in spirit as if thou wert in sight.
Who fills thy cup of being with glory to the brim,
We will not stain with grieving our fair, though fainter light,
But cling to thee in spirit as if thou wert in sight.
