| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1100. Tennyson |
| | | In Lucem Transitus, October, 1892 |
| | | By Henry Van Dyke |
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| FROM the misty shores of midnight, touched with splendors of the moon, | |
| To the singing tides of heaven, and the light more clear than noon, | |
| Passed a soul that grew to music till it was with God in tune. | |
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| Brother of the greatest poets, true to nature, true to art; | |
| Lover of Immortal Love, uplifter of the human heart,— | 5 |
| Who shall cheer us with high music, who shall sing, if thou depart? | |
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| Silence here—for love is silent, gazing on the lessening sail; | |
| Silence here—for grief is voiceless when the mighty minstrels fail; | |
| Silence here—but, far beyond us, many voices crying, Hail! | |
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