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LIVE THY LIFE

LIVE thy life gallantly and undismayed: Whatever harms may hide within the shade, Be thou of fear, my spirit! more afraid. In earthly pathways evil springeth rife; But dread not thou, too much, or pain or strife That plunge thee to the greater depths of life! What though the storm-cloud holds the bolt that sears? The eagle of the crag, that nothing fears, Still, still is young after a hundred years!

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