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When I shall meet God's generous dispensers / Of all the riches in the heavenly store, / Those lesser gods, who act as Recompensers / For loneliness and loss upon this shore, / Methinks abashed, and somewhat hesitating, / My soul its wish and longing will declare. / Lest they reply: ‘Here are no bounties waiting: / We gave on earth, your portion and your share.'
Then shall I answer: ‘Yea, I do remember / The many blessings to my life allowed; / My June was always longer than December, / My sun was always stronger than my cloud, / My joy was ever deeper than my sorrow, / My gain was ever greater than my loss, / My yesterday seemed less than my to-morrow, / The crown looked always larger than the cross.