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PAIN by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL

First Line: MEN HAVE MADE THEM GODS OF LOVE
Last Line: YET HIS SOUL WITHIN IS SWEET.
Subject(s): GODDESSES & GODS; MYTHOLOGY; PAIN; SUFFERING; MISERY;
MEN have made them gods of love,
Sun-gods, givers of the rain,
Deities of hill and grove:
I have made a god of Pain.

Of my god I know this much,
And in singing I repeat,
Though there's anguish in his touch,
Yet his soul within is sweet.



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