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Century Magazine/Volume 49/Issue 1/Action

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"Wherefore is it that we live and die?"
     Who thus questioned lived a life of light,
     And full many a soul in sorrow's night
     Blest him in its thought when out of sight;
While each child of misery passing by
Knew why he was born, but not why he should die.

"For God’s glory do we live and die:"
     Who thus answered thrust the asker out
     With the unforgiven, for his doubt;
     Yet his own life was a silent flout
To the God whom it should glorify:
None knew why he was born, or why he should not die.