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Now utter calm and rest; / Hands folded o'er the breast / In peace the placidest, / All trials past; / All fever soothed -- all pain / Annulled in heart and brain, / Never to vex again -- / She sleeps at last.
She sleeps; but O most dear / And best beloved of her / Ye sleep not -- nay, nor stir, / Save but to bow / The closer each to each, / With sobs and broken speech, / That all in vain beseech / Her answer now.
And lo! we weep with you, / One grief the wide world through: / Yet with the faith she knew / We see her still, / Even as here she stood -- / All that was pure and good / And sweet in womanhood -- / God's will her will.