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The Heart of the Thorn
Cruel the rose-tree thorn!
Who grasps will rue it:
But have ye seen at morn
The sun shine through it?
Who grasps will rue it:
But have ye seen at morn
The sun shine through it?
Then, though the fell point feign
With hate to hide it,
Tender the warm heart-stain
That glows inside it.
With hate to hide it,
Tender the warm heart-stain
That glows inside it.
Who 'mid the thorns of life
To life's sun turneth,
Hid in the heart of strife
Love's hue discerneth:
To life's sun turneth,
Hid in the heart of strife
Love's hue discerneth:
Happy, though fate-accurst,
Who so can find it—
See through the sad world's worst
God's best behind it.
Who so can find it—
See through the sad world's worst
God's best behind it.
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