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LET ME NOT HATE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: There's nothing certain, nothing sure
Last Line: On down the world's grim night!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Hate


Let me not hate, although the bruising world decries my peace,
Gives me no quarter, hounds me while I sleep;
Would snuff the candles of my soul and sear my inmost dreamings.

Let me not hate, though girt by vipers, green and hissing through the dark;
I fain must love. God help me keep the altar-gleams that flicker wearily, anon,
On down the world's grim night!





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