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HAZARD by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: ONE STEP 'TWIXT LOSS AND GAIN
Last Line: TO LOOK BELOW.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;
One step 'twixt loss and gain!
The summit to attain
So near the brink of pain
Hath joy to go --

So steep the precipice,
So frail the footing is,
'Twere death to panting bliss
To look below.



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