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1849–1916

THE HEREAFTER.

James Whitcomb Riley

Hereafter! O we need not waste Our smiles or tears, whatever befall: No happiness but holds a taste Of something sweeter, after all;—

No depth of agony but feels Some fragment of abiding trust,— Whatever death unlocks or seals, The mute beyond is just.

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