I do not fear to lay my body down br    In death, to share br The life of the dark earth and lose my own, br    If God is there. br br I have so loved all sense of Him, sweet might br    Of color and sound, -- br His tangible loveliness and living light br    That robes me 'round. br br If to His heart in the hushed grave and dim br    We sink more near, br It shall be well -- living we rest in Him. br    Only I fear br br Lest from my God in lonely death I lapse, br    And the dumb clod br Lose him; for God is life, and death perhaps br    Exile from God.