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So side by side they gleaned the scanty grain,
And housed together through the hours of night,
For many a day, till Duty came again,
And she beheld him, silent in the light;

And cried: “Thou art not Duty! thou art mild,
And surely there is sunshine on thy brow;
How like thou art to Love!”—“What wonder, child?
Look in mine eyes, and thou wilt know me now!”

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