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There were many burning hours on the heart-sweet tide, / And we passed away from ourselves, forgetting all / The immortal moods that faded, the god who died, / Hastening away to the King on a distant call.
There were ruby dews were shed when the heart was riven, / And passionate pleading and prayers to the dead we had wronged; / And we passed away unremembering and unforgiven, / Hastening away to the King for the peace we longed.
Love unremembered and heart-ache we left behind, / We forsook them, unheeding, hastening away in our flight; / We knew the hearts we had wronged of old we would find / When we came to the fold of the King for rest in the night.