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To the lorn ones who loved him first and best, / And knew his dear love at its tenderest, / We seem akin -- we simplest friends who knew / His fellowship, of heart and spirit too:
We who have known the happy summertide / Of his ingenuous nature, glorified / With the inspiring smile that ever lit / The earnest face and kindly strength of it: