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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By JamesAldrich

331 A Death-Bed

HER suffering ended with the day,

Yet lived she at its close,

And breathed the long; long night away

In statue-like repose.

But when the sun in all his state

Illumed the eastern skies,

She passed through Glory’s morning gate

And walked in Paradise!