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SEEMING FAILURE
O wave upon the strand!
What urges thee in vain
To lift the baffled hand
In suppliance again?
What urges thee in vain
To lift the baffled hand
In suppliance again?
“The passion that impels
The tidal energies
In every bud that swells,
In every soul that sighs:
The tidal energies
In every bud that swells,
In every soul that sighs:
“The same that on the cross
Sustained the dying Christ,
When Love for seeming Loss
Alone was sacrificed.”
Sustained the dying Christ,
When Love for seeming Loss
Alone was sacrificed.”
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