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FORGETFULNESS.
There is a haven of sure rest From the loud world’s bewildering stress:As a bird dreaming on her nest,As dew hid in a rose’s breast,As Hesper in the glowing West; So the heart sleeps In thy calm deeps, Serene Forgetfulness!