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1841–1909

III.

Thomas Runciman

When Grief comes this way by With her wan lip and drooping eye, Bid her welcome, woo her boldly; Soon she'll look on thee less coldly.

Her tears soon cease to flow. ‘ Tis now not Grief but Joy we know; From her smiling face the roses Tell the glad metempsychosis.

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