We Came To The Dividing Line, Then He Passed Over And I Am Here, Sad And Sore Is This Heart Of Mine That Has No Power To Shed A Tear, For, Like One Who Rises And Walks In Sleep, I Am Lost In A Dream--I Cannot Weep. Yet He Was Good And Fair To See I Know In My Heart He Loved Me Well, What Separated Him From Me, I Cannot Tell, Oh! I Cannot Tell, For The Blow Came Sudden, And Sharp, And Sore, And I Am Alone Now For Evermore. I Thought To Walk Through All Our Time Together, Linked To A Lofty Aim; With Sudden Wrench I'm Left Behind-- My Heart Is Slain! Oh, My Heart Is Slain! And The Ghost Of My Heart Within Me Cries, Why, Alas! Was I Made A Sacrifice? My Royal Eagle Ordained To Soar-- Breast To The Storm, And Eyes To The Sun-- Up Be Thy Flight! And Think No More Of One The Life Of Whose Life Is Done; While I, Stunned And Sick With A Dumb Despair, Still Mourn By The Grave Of A Hope So Fair.
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