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In a house was one who arose from the feast / And went forth to wander in distant lands, / Because there was somewhere far off in the East / A spot which he sought where a great Church stands. / And ever his children, when breaking their bread, / Thought of him and rose up and blessed him as dead.
In another house was the one who had died, / Who still sat at table and drank from the glass / And ever within the walls did abide -- / For out of the house he could no more pass. / And his children set forth to seek for the spot / Where stands the great Church which he forgot.