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BODY AND SPIRIT by ELLEN MAGRATH CARROLL

First Line: GO, YOU MUST GO-IT IS I WHO CAN SING
Last Line: FOR YOU WHO ARE BIG, AND BRAVE AND BOLD!
Subject(s): NONSENSE;
Go, you must go -- it is I who can sing,
Kissed by the white lips of suffering.
You could not live where winds blow cold,
You who are big, and brave and bold!

Go, you must go -- it is I, the frail thing
As easy to break as a butterfly's wing,
Who can walk upon thorns on The Road of Pain,
While many men search for my wounds, in vain.

Go, you must go -- for today is sweet,
Blossoms make lovely the way for your feet;
Only for you do I fear the great cold,
For you who are big, and brave and bold!



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