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MATER CONSOLATRIX by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: HEART'S-JOY MUST FADE - THOUGH IT BORROW
Last Line: AND WHERE THE STARS ARE LED.
Subject(s): FUTURE LIFE; GRIEF; HAPPINESS; HEARTS; IMMORTALITY; RETRIBUTION; ETERNITY; AFTER LIFE; SORROW; SADNESS; JOY; DELIGHT;

Heart's-joy must fade . . . though it borrow
Heaven's azure for its clay:
But the Joy that is one with Sorrow,
Treads an immortal way:
For each, is born To-morrow,
For each, is Yesterday.

Joy that is clothed with shadow
Shall arise from the dead:
But Joy that is clothed with the rainbow
Shall with the bow be sped: . . .
Where the Sun spends his fires is she,
And where the Stars are led.



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