Consolation

A Lyrical Fragment

Illustration of a man at his wife’s deathbed, by John Everett Millais (1829-1896). Source: Wikimedia Commons. The image has been cropped.

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Consolation
(A Fragment)

"The dark night awaits us.
  Before we disappear..."

           "No, no, do not speak thus,
        Do not speak thus my dear.
        Do not lose hope that we may reappear
             Beyond the awful darkness
             In which cold death enshrouds us
        Within a brighter world, where all is clear."

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