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TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 30. A GLADSOME GIFT, by                    
First Line: You shall give to me, my friends, this gladsome gift
Last Line: Eternal life and love shall be begun.
Subject(s): Generosity; Gifts & Giving


You shall give to me, my friends, this gladsome gift,
That I can keep and cherish and enjoy,
Which will, when memories overwhelm me, lift
Each troubled doubt which would my peace destroy.
A promise of a love without an end
Which you'll forever to each other hold,
That never will with dross nor baseness blend
But always gleam as doth the purest gold.

For love 'twixt man and woman doth reflect
A higher love which we believers know,
And how can we that heavenly love expect
If ever we this earthly love outgrow?
For love is life and life is God, and all
Harmoniously are blended into one,
And when Death's angel blows the trumpet call
Eternal life and love shall be begun.





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