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IN TIME OF DOUBT.
IF we but had the right
Sure on our side, and strong ;
Then the soldier should fight with might,
And the singer should chant his song.
But there cometh a whisper, like whisper of Fate,
" They that conquer the weak are not valiant nor great."
If it were ours to view
Only the half of life ;
If a film on our eyes there grew,
Then we, blinded, were fit for strife ;
But the heavenly light showeth piercingly clear
That the dwarf in the distance is giant when near.
