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_The world was widowed by the death of Christ_: / _Vainly its suffering soul for peace has sought_ / _And found it not_. / _For nothing_, _nothing_, _nothing has sufficed_ / _To bring back comfort to the stricken house_ / _From whence has gone the Master and the Spouse_.
In its long widowhood the world has striven / To find diversion. It has turned away / From the vast aweful silences of Heaven / (Which answer but with silence when we pray) / And sought for something to assuage its grief. / Some surcease and relief / From sorrow, in pursuit of mortal joys.