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For death and life, in ceaseless strife,
Beat wild on this world’s shore,
And all our calm is in that balm—
Not lost but gone before.

— Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Not lost but gone before (1863)

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Every poet hopes that after-times
Shall set some value on his votive lay.

To the Duchess of Sutherland (1840)

Too innocent for coquetry, too fond for idle scorning—
Oh friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning.

O Twilight! Spirit that dost render birth
To dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth,
Leaving on craggy hills and running streams
A softness like the atmosphere of dreams.

The Winter’s Walk (1840)

A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers;
There was lack of woman’s nursing, there was dearth of woman’s tears.

I am listening for the voices
Which I heard in days of old.

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