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First Line: There should be no despair for you
Last Line: Still, never broken-hearted!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis
Subject(s): Perseverance; Sympathy; Empathy


THERE should be no despair for you
While nightly stars are burning;
While evening pours its silent dew
And sunshine gilds the morning.
There should be no despair -- though tears
May flow down like a river:
Are not the best beloved of years
Around your heart for ever?

They weep, you weep, it must be so;
Winds sigh as you are sighing,
And Winter sheds his grief in snow
Where Autumn's leaves are lying:
Yet, these revive, and from their fate
Your fate cannot be parted:
Then, journey on, if not elate,
Still, never broken-hearted!





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