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George MacDonald

Dead, why defend thee, who in life
  For thy worst foe hadst died;
Who, thy own name a word of strife,
  Didst silent stand aside?

Grand in forgiveness, what to thee
  The big world’s puny prate!
Or thy great heart hath ceased to be
  Or loveth still its mate!

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From The Poetical Works of George MacDonald | 1893

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