Of every bird from cover, the least part

Of every flower he held in awe. Yet earth

Gave him no joy between his death and birth.

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“I know my good is hidden at your breast.

There is a sound of great good in my ear,

Like wings. And, oh! this moment is the best;

I shall not fail—I taste it—it comes near.

As men from a dark dungeon see the clear

Stars shining and the filled streams far away,