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The Shadow

I could not weep, and I could not pray,
Till the shadow behind the stone
Began to lengthen away, away,
Seeking the far unknown.

On the grave it laid, and upon my thought,
The touch of eternity;
It brought what nothing before had brought,
A thrill and my tears to me.

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