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FORGETFULNESS.

There is a haven of sure rest
 From the loud world’s bewildering stress:
As a bird dreaming on her nest,
As dew hid in a rose’s breast,
As Hesper in the glowing West;
  So the heart sleeps
  In thy calm deeps,
 Serene Forgetfulness!

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