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1851–1926

GOD-MADE.

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop

Somewhere, somewhere in this heart There lies a jewel from the sea, Or from a rock, or from the sand, Or dropped from heaven wondrously.

Oh, burn, my jewel, in my glance! Oh, shimmer on my lips in prayer! Light my love's eyes to read my soul, Which, wrapt in ashes, yet is fair!

When dead I lie, forgotten, deep Within the earth and sunken past, Still shall my jewel light my dust,— The worth God gives us, first and last!

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