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AD ASTRA: 77 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: WE RATE OUR LITTLE LIVES BEYOND THEIR WORTH
Last Line: FOR NONE ARE JUSTIFIED IN GOD'S CLEAR SIGHT.
Subject(s): SALVATION;
We rate our little lives beyond their worth—
Time hath not taught us true humility.
What claim hath any child of mortal birth
That life should be from pain and dolour free?
To Immortality what right have we?—
Salvation is a favour, not a right,
For none are justified in God's clear sight.



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