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Sleep Sweetly, Tender Heart, In Peace! Sleep, Holy Spirit, Blessed Soul, While The Stars Burn, The Moons Increase, And The Great Ages Onward Roll.
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Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace!
Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul,
While the stars burn, the moons increase,
And the great ages onward roll.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
-- To J. S.
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