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C. M.
Weep not.
Dear as thou wast, and justly dear
We would not weep for thee:
One thought shall check the starting tear,
It is that thou art free.
2 And thus shall faith’s consoling power
The tears of love restrain;
O, who that saw thy parting hour,
Could wish thee here again!
3 Gently the passing spirit fled,
Sustained by grace divine;
O, may such grace on us be shed,
And make our end like thine!
Dale.