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A GRACE by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY

First Line: FOR ALL THE BERYL, PEARL AND CHRYSOPRASE
Last Line: GLORIA TIBI DOMINE!
Subject(s): CEMETERIES; DEATH; GRAVES; STONES; GRAVEYARDS; DEAD, THE; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; GRANITE; ROCKS;
FOR all the beryl, pearl and chrysoprase
Wherewith the summer binds her brow;
The bleachéd raiment, meet for seraphim,
That April hangs upon the bough;
For autumn mornings when the very stones
Are steeped in amethystine light;
For lonely contemplations that endear
The silent winter night;
For strength of youth, and charity of age;
For this life's myrrh and euphrasy,
And those "sublime attractions of the grave"—
Gloria Tibi Domine!



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