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 HERE, in the unknown way, 
 
 Sister, now stands 
 Thy soul, who yesterday 
 With us joined hands? 
 
 Where lies thy land unseen, 
 Oh ! Warden Death ? 
 
 With just a touch between, 
 A pulse, a breath. 
 
 Yet with what barrier barred 
 That gulf profound 
 
 Which sleepless sentries guard 
 From sight and sound ! 
 
 Never to human cries 
 
 Has answer come 
 Through all the centuries. 
 
 Relentless, dumb, 
 
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To prayer, to tear, to moan ; 
 
 Each one to learn 
 Must walk that path, alone, 
 
 Nor backward turn. 
 
 iNot she, our friend, may tell. 
 Just swiftly passed : 
 
 The law immutable 
 Holds her as fast 
 
 As Egypt s Pharaoh, 
 A mummy, dun, 
 
 A thousand years ago, 
 Beneath the sun. 
 
 Thus to earth sense is seen 
 
 Death, as we look 
 On its still face, serene, 
 
 Life s sealed book; 
 
Yet, as to each the Day 
 Comes with that call, 
 
 Who of us dare to say 
 That this is all? 
 
 We know that somewhere, bright 
 
 A haven lies ; 
 That past such bitter night, 
 
 A dawn must rise ; 
 
 That, as the soul of man 
 Came unto Earth, 
 
 In the eternal plan 
 Must be re-birth 
 
 In a diviner sphere * * 
 Sister, and friend, 
 
 Held in our hearts so dear, 
 Not this the end ; 
 
Lo ! we shall follow thee, 
 Seek thee, and find. 
 
 Joy of the life to be 
 Who has divined ? 
 
 Come, white-winged messenger ! 
 
 God s heavenly dove, 
 Faith, with thy message clear, 
 
 To weeping love. 
 
 INA D. COOLBRITH. 
 
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