And by the Mighty One we do not lie!
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“O Glorious Angels of our Loving God!
Pray tell us if this land, we fain would know,
Contains the dear ones we have loved on earth?
For what were heaven e’en to us, if we
Could nevermore be all in all to those
Who when on earth were all in all to us!”[us!”]
A voice replied—’twas one I oft have heard
And learned to love with more than mortal love,