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When fades the light from out my dying eyes, And soul and sense seem slipping soft away,
When Death's swift shallop launched on Lethe lies Waiting to wing me to the unknown Gray;
When things of time and thought grow strangely dim, And the pent spirit strains to loose its bands
Till from the fettered feet and helpless hands Shall fall life's shackles pitiless and grim--
Then shall the conflict cease. Enchained no more My soul shall sail the silent unknown sea
Until it touch the unforbidden shore Where Love awaiteth me.