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Oh thicker deeper darker growing	A
The solemn vista to the tomb	B
Must know henceforth another shadow	C
And give another cypress room	B
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In love surpassing that of brothers	D
We walked O friend from childhood's day	E
And looking back o'er fifty summers	D
Our footprints track a common way	E
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One in our faith and one our longing	A
To make the world within our reach	F
Somewhat the better for our living	A
And gladder for our human speech	F
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Thou heard'st with me the far off voices	G
The old beguiling song of fame	H
But life to thee was warm and present	I
And love was better than a name	H
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To homely joys and loves and friendships	J
Thy genial nature fondly clung	K
And so the shadow on the dial	L
Ran back and left thee always young	K
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And who could blame the generous weakness	M
Which only to thyself unjust	N
So overprized the worth of others	D
And dwarfed thy own with self distrust	N
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All hearts grew warmer in the presence	O
Of one who seeking not his own	P
Gave freely for the love of giving	A
Nor reaped for self the harvest sown	P
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Thy greeting smile was pledge and prelude	Q
Of generous deeds and kindly words	R
In thy large heart were fair guest chambers	D
Open to sunrise and the birds	R
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The task was thine to mould and fashion	S
Life's plastic newness into grace	T
To make the boyish heart heroic	U
And light with thought the maiden's face	T
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O'er all the land in town and prairie	V
With bended heads of mourning stand	W
The living forms that owe their beauty	V
And fitness to thy shaping hand	W
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Thy call has come in ripened manhood	X
The noonday calm of heart and mind	Y
While I who dreamed of thy remaining	A
To mourn me linger still behind	Y
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Live on to own with self upbraiding	A
A debt of love still due from me	V
The vain remembrance of occasions	Z
Forever lost of serving thee	V
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It was not mine among thy kindred	A2
To join the silent funeral prayers	B2
But all that long sad day of summer	C2
My tears of mourning dropped with theirs	B2
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All day the sea waves sobbed with sorrow	C
The birds forgot their merry trills	B2
All day I heard the pines lamenting	A
With thine upon thy homestead hills	B2
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Green be those hillside pines forever	C2
And green the meadowy lowlands be	V
And green the old memorial beeches	B2
Name carven in the woods of Lee	V
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Still let them greet thy life companions	B2
Who thither turn their pilgrim feet	D2
In every mossy line recalling	A
A tender memory sadly sweet	D2
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O friend if thought and sense avail not	E2
To know thee henceforth as thou art	F2
That all is well with thee forever	C2
I trust the instincts of my heart	F2
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Thine be the quiet habitations	B2
Thine the green pastures blossom sown	P
And smiles of saintly recognition	S
As sweet and tender as thy own	P
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Thou com'st not from the hush and shadow	C
To meet us but to thee we come	G2
With thee we never can be strangers	B2
And where thou art must still be home	H2

John Greenleaf Whittier

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