Poems (Browning)/Refrain

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Refrain
The song is stilled, but throbbing deep
 The dearest tones resound again;
Courage and truth rise with the strain,
 To weary hearts, Rest's sweet, refrain;
We silence the glad voice in vain,
 The tones but mutely rise again;
O keep love's faith alight our eyes!
 When love's glow fails true honor dies;
And keep our trust firm in love's power,
 Nor let it fail the waning hour,
When mists of sleep drift from the sea
 And clasp us in their mystery.

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