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It is an old belief
That on some solemn shore
Beyond the sphere of grief
Dear friends shall meet once more.
--
Letter to Thomas Carlyle, April 1, 1842; cited from Andrew Lang The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) vol. 2, p. 235.

 

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Come Grief, and sing a solemn dirge
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Come: there shall be such islanding from grief,
And small communion with the master shore.
Twang they. And I incline this ear to tin,
Consult a dual dilemma. Whether to dry
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Friends of my youth, a last adieu! haply some day we meet again;
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