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MEASURING LIFE by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING

First Line: MEASURE THY LIFE BY LOSS INSTEAD OF GAIN
Last Line: AND WHOSO SUFFERS MOST HATH MOST TO GIVE.
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.



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