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ETERNAL by MARY HOGE BRUCE

First Line: WHEN I HAVE TOLD THE WORLD GOODBYE
Last Line: I KNOW I SHALL REMEMBER YOU.
Subject(s): IMMORTALITY;
When I have told the world goodbye,
I may not need the skylark's song,
Nor gardens fragrant in the dusk
Whose beauty I have known so long.

I shall not feel the sun's caress,
Nor hear the whisper of the rain,
The storm-pierced sunsets I have loved,
My eyes may never see again.

And though my feet shall seek the stars,
Forgetting earth in scenes anew,
All things may pass except your face:
I know I shall remember you.



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