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[align=left]Be strong in love, O heart of mine![/align]
[align=left] Live not for self alone,[/align]
[align=left]But find, in blessing other lives,[/align]
[align=left] Completeness for thine own.[/align]
[align=left]Seek every hungering heart to feed,[/align]
[align=left] Each saddened heart to cheer;[/align]
[align=left]And when stern justice stands aloof,[/align]
[align=left] In pity thou draw near.[/align]
[align=left]Kind, loving words and helping hands[/align]
[align=left] Have won more souls for heaven[/align]
[align=left]Than all the dogmas and the creeds[/align]
[align=left] By priests and sages given.[/align]
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[align=left]Be strong to hope, O heart of mine![/align]
[align=left] Look not on life's dark side;[/align]
[align=left]For just beyond these gloomy hours[/align]
[align=left] Rich radient days abide.[/align]
[align=left]Let hope, like summer's rainbow bright,[/align]
[align=left]Scatter thy falling tears;[/align]
[align=left]And let God's special promises [/align]
[align=left] Dispel all anxious fears.[/align]
[align=left]To every grief a Lethe comes,[/align]
[align=left] For every toil a rest;[/align]
[align=left]So hope, so love, so patient bear
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God doeth all things best.[/align]
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Poet unknown[/align]
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May we all cherish this philosphy throughout all our lifes trials.[/align]
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Marianne[/align]
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