Chapter 28 THE SUBSTANCE OF THE SHADOW

"Recovery, where art thou?

Daughter of Heaven, where shall we seek thy help?"

"Come thou and chase away

Sorrow and Pain, the persecuting Powers,

Who make the melancholy day so long,

So long the anxious night."

"I look for thy approach,

O life-preserving Power! as one who strays

Alone in darkness o'er the pathless marsh,

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