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SONG FROM A CHRISTMAS COMEDIETTA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He is a fool who thinks he loves in vain
Last Line: Were they without us.
Subject(s): Christmas; Love; Nativity, The


HE is a fool who thinks he loves in vain,
Love, lost or won, is still eternal gain.
Fate cannot sever
Hearts once made one that they should dwell alone:
O soul, what thou hast truly made thine own
Is thine for ever.

No love is wasted and no light is lost,
Who gives himself, however great the cost,
Is richer giving;
And those we love are ours, whate'er their lot;
Those who are dead, and those who love us not
Among the living.

Lo, loving the unloving here below,
A wider love within our hearts will grow
For all about us:
Our best beloved are ours for ever, though
Their lives might be as sweet, for aught we know,
Were they without us.





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