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TRIED AND TRUE.
Oh fairer than Fame is our fashion,
And better than birth is our breed;
We are proud as a prince of our passion,
And cling like a clerk to our creed!
And better than birth is our breed;
We are proud as a prince of our passion,
And cling like a clerk to our creed!
You and I, tried by trouble together,
Can face it and grace it and win:
Through the wildest of winterly weather
We still can have summer within;
Can face it and grace it and win:
Through the wildest of winterly weather
We still can have summer within;
Whatever affliction abides us,
It will not uncouple us two;
Even Death cannot wholly divide us—
We shall still have each other in view:
It will not uncouple us two;
Even Death cannot wholly divide us—
We shall still have each other in view:
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We are one, in the flesh and the spirit:
One method, one motive, one aim
Is there, to support and to stir it,
And keep it for ever the same.
One method, one motive, one aim
Is there, to support and to stir it,
And keep it for ever the same.
Though tempests and torrents are swelling,
And darkness sinks down on the lea,
We always have light in our dwelling
As fair as the sunshine could be;
And darkness sinks down on the lea,
We always have light in our dwelling
As fair as the sunshine could be;
A light that shows everything clearly,
Around us, within us, above:
And well may we cherish it dearly,
For that light in our dwelling is Love.
Around us, within us, above:
And well may we cherish it dearly,
For that light in our dwelling is Love.
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