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No, never quite alone am I.
Of ill why should I borrow?
No matter where my footsteps bend / There also follows sorrow.
And she has taught my lips to sing / A rapt and dauntless measure / While all the world goes envying / My mellow noted treasure.
No, I have never walked alone!
And as I face tomorrow, / If I am bereft of joy / I know there will be sorrow.