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by Unknown

And anguish long suppressed,

The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean

That cannot be at rest,—

We will be patient, and assuage the feeling

We may not wholly stay;

By silence sanctifying, not concealing

The grief that must have way.

[♦] ‘stillnes’ replaced with ‘stillness’

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GOD’S ACRE.