And when grim Death doth take me by the throat,
Thou wilt have pity on thy handiwork;
[Thou wilt not let him on my suffering gloat,]1
[But]2 draw my soul out -- gladder than [man or boy,
When]1 thy saved creatures from the narrow ark
[Rushed out, and]3 leaped and laughed and cried for joy,
And the great rainbow strode across the dark.

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² Taylor: "and"
³ Taylor: "who rushing out"

Text Authorship:

• by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905), no title, appears in A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul, Entry for October 21, first published 1880 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by M. Ryan Taylor (b. 1972), "Childness fresh", 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Leafs from the Diary of an Old Soul, no. 4
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