Pebbles and Shells (Hawkes collection)/Pain's Recompense
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PAIN'S RECOMPENSE
By life's alternate joy and woe
Our sorrows teach us ere they go,
The highest, noblest lesson;
That where true manhood strongest grows,
Where love in sweetest fragrance blows,
There sorrow's dewdrops glisten.
Our sorrows teach us ere they go,
The highest, noblest lesson;
That where true manhood strongest grows,
Where love in sweetest fragrance blows,
There sorrow's dewdrops glisten.