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REDEEMING THE TIME by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: A LIFE OF HOPE DEFERRED TOO OFTEN IS
Last Line: WHEN ALSO THOU SHALT KEEP THY HARVEST HOME.
A LIFE of hope deferred too often is
A life of wasted opportunities;
A life of perished hope too often is
A life of all-lost opportunities:
Yet hope is but the flower and not the root,
And hope is still the flower and not the fruit; --
Arise and sow and weed: a day shall come
When also thou shalt keep thy harvest home.



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