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Let the dream go. Are there not other dreams / In vastness of clouds hid from thy sight / That yet shall gild with beautiful gold gleams, / And shoot the shadows through and through with light? / What matters one lost vision of the night? / Let the dream go! !
Let the hope set. Are there not other hopes / That yet shall rise like new stars in thy sky? / Not long a soul in sullen darkness gropes / Before some light is lent it from on high; / What folly to think happiness gone by! / Let the hope set!
Let the joy fade. Are there not other joys, / Like frost-bound bulbs, that yet shall start and bloom? / Severe must be the winter that destroys / The hardy roots locked in their silent tomb. / What cares the earth for her brief time of gloom / Let the joy fade!
Let the love die. Are there not other loves / As beautiful and full of sweet unrest, / Flying through space like snowy-pinioned doves? / They yet shall come and nestle in thy breast, / And thou shalt say of each, "Lo, this is best! " / Let the love die!