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Felicia Dorothea Hemans - The Home Of The SpiritFelicia Dorothea Hemans - The Home Of The Spirit
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Answer me, burning stars of night, Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, As a swift breeze hath flown? And the stars answer`d me: "We roll In light and power on high; But of the never-dying soul Ask that which cannot die." O many-toned and chainless wind, Thou art a wanderer free; Tell me if thou its place canst find, Far over mount and sea? And the wind murmur`d in reply: "The blue deep I have cross`d, And met its barks and billows high, But not what thou hast lost." Ye clouds that gorgeously repose Around the setting sun, Answer Have ye a home for those Whose earthly race is run? The bright clouds answer`d: "We depart, We vanish from the sky; Ask what is deathless in thy heart For that which cannot die." Speak, then, thou voice of God within, Thou of the deep low tone; Answer me, through life`s restless din Where is the spirit flown? And the voice answer`d: "Be thou still; Enough to know is given; Clouds, winds, and stars their part fulfil; Thine is to trust in Heaven."
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