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Where can the heart be hidden in the ground
And be at peace, and be at peace forever, / Under the world, untroubled by the sound
Of mortal tears, that cease from pouring never?
Well for the heart, by stern compassion harried, / If death be deeper than the churchmen say,- Gone from this world indeed what's graveward carried, / And laid to rest indeed what's laid away. Anguish enough while yet the indignant breather
Have blood to spurt upon the oppressor's hand;
Who would eternal be, and hang in ether
A stuffless ghost above his struggling land, / Retching in vain to render up the groan
That is not there, being aching dust's alone?