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have passed by, since
this great shock, I still
rest under the shadow
of this heavy trial.

Yes, I can fully comprehend
all the loneliness that
shuts in a bleeding heart
when a beloved
Husband is removed.

As I look backward
in life's decline, I [can?]
now understand fully,
that every one must
bear a cross, and
that this weary probatio[n]