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“But Thy Commandment is exceeding broad.”
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Once again to wake, nor wish to sleep;
Once again to feel, nor feel a pain!
Rouse thy soul to watch and pray and weep
Once again.
Once again to feel, nor feel a pain!
Rouse thy soul to watch and pray and weep
Once again.
Hope afresh, for hope shall not be vain:
Start afresh along the exceeding steep
Road to glory, long and rough and plain.
Start afresh along the exceeding steep
Road to glory, long and rough and plain.
Sow and reap: for while these moments creep,
Time and earth and life are on the wane:
Now, in tears; tomorrow, laugh and reap
Once again.
Time and earth and life are on the wane:
Now, in tears; tomorrow, laugh and reap
Once again.
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