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Tennyson
By Henry van Dyke (18521933)
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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.
Lover of Immortal Love, uplifter of the human heart:
Who shall cheer us with high music, who shall sing, if thou depart?
Silence here—for grief is voiceless when the mighty minstrels fail;
Silence here—but far beyond us, many voices crying, Hail!