But labored to keep her still the same,

Near to her place of birth, that she may not

Soil her white raiment with an earthly spot.

Yet sets she not her soul so steadily

Above, that she forgets her ties to earth,

But her whole thought would almost seem to be

How to make glad one lowly human hearth;

And to make earth next heaven; and her heart

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Herein doth show its most exceeding worth,