QUATRAINS
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LIFE
as it is! Accept it; it is thine!
The God that gave it, gave it for thy good.
The God that made it had not been divine
Could he have set thee poison for thy food. |
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II |
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| Abstain
not; Life and Love, like night and day, |
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Offer
themselves to us on their own terms,
—Not ours. Accept their bounty while ye may,
Before we be accepted by the worms. |
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III |
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We rail
at Time and Chance, and break our hearts
To make the glory of to-day endure. |
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Is the
sun dead because the day departs?
And are the suns of Life and Love less sure? |
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IV |
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Fear
not the menace of the bye-and-bye.
To-day is ours; to-morrow Fate must give.
Stretch out your hands and eat, although ye die! |
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| Better
to die than never once to live. |
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