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THEY came, the brothers, and took two chairs / In their usual quiet way; / And for a time we did not think / They had much to say.
And they began and talked awhile / Of ordinary things, / Till spread that silence in the room / A pent thought brings.
And then they said: "The end has come. / Yes: it has come at last. " / And we looked down, and knew that day / A spirit had passed.