How slender is life's silver cord!
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How slender is life's silver cord!How soon 't is broken here!Each moment brings a parting word,And many a falling tear.
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And though these years, to mortals given,Are filled with grief and pain,There is a hope,—the hope of heaven,Where loved ones meet again.
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O glorious morning! quickly come,And wake this slumbering clay;Touch these pale lips, so cold and dumb,With thine immortal ray.