Old Year Leaves Being Old Verses Revised: By H. T. Mackenzie Bell ... New Edition |
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THE GUERDON OF TRIBULATION
NOT INCURRED BY GUILT. |
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THE GUERDON OF TRIBULATION NOT INCURRED BY GUILT.
Oh say not that the world is sad
Without redeeming feature,
Oh say not that the world is glad
And holds no hopeless creature.
Without redeeming feature,
Oh say not that the world is glad
And holds no hopeless creature.
No life is ever filled with woe
However great its sadness,
No lot can be all joy, although
Most glorious seems its gladness.
However great its sadness,
No lot can be all joy, although
Most glorious seems its gladness.
With endless grief Life is not fraught,
Nor with all bliss and beauty,
By varied influence we are taught
How to fulfil our duty.
Nor with all bliss and beauty,
By varied influence we are taught
How to fulfil our duty.
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If happy be our lot assigned,
Of sorrow slight our burden,
Yet work on still with steadfast mind
Assured shall be our guerdon:
Of sorrow slight our burden,
Yet work on still with steadfast mind
Assured shall be our guerdon:
But a crown more rich to those shall be
From pain much less exempted,
If conquering the same foes as we,
Although more sorely tempted.
From pain much less exempted,
If conquering the same foes as we,
Although more sorely tempted.
Thus every woe our souls within,
Though stern its present sadness,
If meekly borne, nor caused by sin,
Augments our future gladness.
Though stern its present sadness,
If meekly borne, nor caused by sin,
Augments our future gladness.
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