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O do not leave me, mother, lest I weep; / Till I forget, be near me in that chair. / The mother's presence leads her down to sleep -- / Leaves her contented there.
O do not leave me, lover, brother, friends, / Till I am dead, and resting in my place. / Love-compassed thus, the girl in peace ascends, / And leaves a raptured face.
Leave me not, God, until -- nay, until when? / Not till I have with thee one heart, one mind; / Not till the Life is Light in me, and then / Leaving is left behind.