Note 354 — XXI A HALT IN LIFE
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“No wonder, Mary, that thy story Touches all hearts—for there we see The soul’s corruption, and its glory, Its death and life combin’d in thee. . . . . . . . . No wonder, Mary, that thy face, In all its touching light of tears, Should meet us in each holy place, When man before his God appears, Hopeless—were he not taught to see All hope in Him who pardoned thee.”