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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEASURING LIFE, by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING Poet's Biography First Line: Measure thy life by loss instead of gain Last Line: And whoso suffers most hath most to give. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton-king, Harriet Eleanor Variant Title(s): Love's Strength Subject(s): Defeat; Religion; Sacrifices; Theology | |||
Measure thy life by loss instead of gain; Not by the wine drunk, but wine poured forth; For love's strength standeth in love's sacrifice; And whoso suffers most hath most to give. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A DREAM MAIDEN by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING AGESILAO MILANO; NAPLES, 1856 by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING BARON GIOVANNI NICOTERA; SALERNO, 1858 by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING |
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