FROM all the rest I single out you, having a message for you: br You are to die--Let others tell you what they please, I cannot br prevaricate, br I am exact and merciless, but I love you--There is no escape for you. br br Softly I lay my right hand upon you--you just feel it, br I do not argue--I bend my head close, and half envelope it, br I sit quietly by--I remain faithful, br I am more than nurse, more than parent or neighbor, br I absolve you from all except yourself, spiritual, bodily--that is br eternal--you yourself will surely escape, br The corpse you will leave will be but excrementitious. br br br The sun bursts through in unlooked-for directions! 10 br Strong thoughts fill you, and confidence--you smile! br You forget you are sick, as I forget you are sick, br You do not see the medicines--you do not mind the weeping friends--I br am with you, br I exclude others from you--there is nothing to be commiserated, br I do not commiserate--I congratulate you.