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TWO maidens listening to the sea -
The younger said "The waves are glad,
The waves are singing as they break."
The elder spake
"Sister, their murmur sounds to me
So very sad."
Two maidens looking at a grave -
One smiled "A place of happy sleep.
It would be happy if I slept."
The younger wept
"Oh save me from the rest you crave,
So lone, so deep."
Two maidens gazing into life -
The younger said "It is so fair,
So warm with light and love and pride."
The elder sighed
"It seems to me so vexed with strife,
So cold and bare."
Two maidens face to face with death -
The elder said "With quiet bliss
Upon his breast I lay my head."
The younger said
"His kiss has frozen all my breath,
Must I be his?"
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