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To know just how He suf -
fered
- would be dear -
To know if any Human eyes
were near
To whom He could entrust
His wavering gaze -
Until it settled broad - on
Paradise -
To know if He was patient -
part content -
Was Dying as He thought -
or different -
Was it a pleasant Day
to die -
And did the Sunshine
face His way -
What was His furthest mind -
of Home - or God -
Or What the Distant say -
At News that He ceased
Human Nature
Such a Day -
And Wishes - Had He any -
Just His Sigh - accented -
Had been legible - to Me -
And was He Confident
until
Ill fluttered out - in Ever -
lasting
Well -
And if He spoke - What
name was Best -
What first
last
What one broke off with
At the Drowsiest -
Was he afraid - or tranquil -
Might He know
How Conscious Consciousness -
could grow -
Till Love that was - and
Love too best to be -
Meet - and the Junction
mean -
be Eternity
It was too late for Man -
But early, yet, for God -
Creation - impotent to help -
But Prayer - remained -
Our side -
How excellent the Heaven -
When Earth - cannot be had -
How hospitable - then - the
face
Of Our Old Neighbor - God -
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