<p><SPAN name="THE_UNKNOWING" id="THE_UNKNOWING"></SPAN>THE UNKNOWING</p>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">They do not know the awful tears we shed,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">The tender treasures that we keep and kiss;</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">They could not be so still—our quiet dead</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">In knowing this.</span><br/>
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<span style="margin-left: 2em;">They do not know what time we turn to fill</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Love's empty chalice with a cheaper bliss;</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">They could not be so still—so very still</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">In knowing this.</span><br/>
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