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REST
O earth, lie heavily upon her eyes;
Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching,
Earth;
Lie close around her; leave no room for mirth
With its harsh
laughter, nor for sound of sighs.
She hath no questions, she hath no
replies,
Hushed in and curtained with a blessed dearth
Of all that irked
her from the hour of birth;
With stillness that is almost
Paradise.
Darkness more clear than noonday holdeth her,
Silence more
musical than any song;
Even her very heart has ceased to stir:
Until the
morning of Eternity
Her rest shall not begin nor end, but be;
And when she
wakes she will not think it long.
Christina Georgina Rossetti [1830-1894]
From: Stevenson, Burton Egbert.
The Home Book of Verse.
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