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ACHIEVEMENT.
And as he gazed there rose and burned
An anguish in his soul,
His earlier dreams forgot, he turned
Back from the hard-won goal;
Back to the crowded ways to bear
The common lot again,
To mingle tears with tears, and share
Life's heritage of pain.
There, though he bears no meed of praise,
Yet, rounded with content,
He knows a joy that far outweighs
The world's aggrandisement.
