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VALE.
No longer to revenge nor to repay
I strive or seek;
Empty I came, must empty go away,
Empty and weak.
I strive or seek;
Empty I came, must empty go away,
Empty and weak.
As one who wakes no more to smile or weep
Another day,
So would I lay me humbly down to sleep
And humbly say:
Another day,
So would I lay me humbly down to sleep
And humbly say:
Dear Lord, who hadst not where to lay Thy head,
As poor were I
Did not Thy mercy make for me a bed
Whereon to die.
As poor were I
Did not Thy mercy make for me a bed
Whereon to die.