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And should the twilight darken into night, / And sorrow grow to anguish, be thou strong; / Thou art in God, and nothing can go wrong / Which a fresh life-pulse cannot set aright. / That thou dost know the darkness, proves the light. / Weep if thou wilt, but weep not all too long; / Or weep and work, for work will lead to song. / But search thy heart, if, hid from all thy sight, / There lies no cause for beauty's slow decay; / If for completeness and diviner youth, / And not for very love, thou seek'st the truth; / If thou hast learned to give thyself away / For love's own self, not for thyself, I say: / Were God's love less, the world were lost, in sooth!