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81 The devil stopped her at the brink:
82 She shook him off; she cried, 'Away!'
83 'My dear, you have gone mad, I think.'
84 'I was betrayed: I will not stay.'
85 Across the weltering deep she ran;
86 A stranger thing was never seen:
87 The damned stood silent to a man;
88 They saw the great gulf set between.
89 To her it seemed a meadow fair;
90 And flowers sprang up about her feet;
91 She entered heaven; she climbed the stair;
92 And knelt down at the mercy-seat.
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93 Seraphs and saints with one great voice
94 Welcomed that soul that knew not fear;
95 Amazed to find it could rejoice,
96 Hell raised a hoarse half-human cheer.
YES!!!
You don't know how many YEARS I've been looking for this! And I did have the last line wrong.
t squishes flea in a good, tight hug
I work in a library. A little hunting in LION (Literature Online) - literally took 3 minutes. It's amazing what you can find.
Actually, I think your firm is doing our library's LC conversion this coming spring. Think of me if you work on the project!
'My dear, I never lie outright.'
Hee.
Yes, that's our "vendor". You'd better do a good job!
Yes'm!
t psst, which library is it, so I'll know?
And we're looking forward to it, too. And looking forward to it and looking forward to it, but I'm sure that's not your fault.
You can delete that if you like.
I never heard of her, but I'm sure somebody here has. Bestselling author Iris Chang has died: [link]
