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<h2><SPAN name="page44"></SPAN><span class="pagenum">p. 44</span>COMPASSION</h2>
<p class="poetry"><span class="smcap">He</span> was a failure,
and one day he died.<br/>
Across the border of the mapless land<br/>
He found himself among a sad-eyed band<br/>
Of disappointed souls; they, too, had tried<br/>
And missed their purpose. With one voice they cried<br/>
Unto the shining Angel in command:<br/>
‘Oh, lead us not before our Lord to stand,<br
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For we are failures, failures! Let us hide.’</p>
<p class="poetry">Yet on the Angel fared, until they stood<br/>
Before the Master. (Even His holy place<br/>
The hideous noises of the earth assailed.)<br/>
Christ reached His arms out to the trembling brood,<br/>
With God’s vast sorrow in His listening
face.<br/>
Come unto Me,’ He said; ‘I, too, have
failed.’</p>
<h2><SPAN name="page45"></SPAN><span class="pagenum">p. 45</span>LOVE</h2>
<p class="poetry"><span class="smcap">Dreaming</span> of love,
the ardent mind of youth<br/>
Conceives it one with passion’s brief
delights,<br/>
With keen desire and rapture. But, in truth,<br/>
These are but milestones to sublime heights<br/>
After the highways, swept by strong emotions,<br/>
Where wild winds blow and blazing sun rays beat,<br
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After the billows of tempestuous oceans,<br/>
Fair mountain summits wait the lover’s
feet.</p>
<p class="poetry">The path is narrow, but the view is wide,<br/>
And beauteous the outlook towards the west<br/>
Happy are they who walk there side by side,<br/>
Leaving below the valleys of unrest,<br/>
And on the radiant altitudes above<br/>
Know the serene intensity of love.</p>
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