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But all through life I see a Cross, Where sons of God yield up their breath: There is no gain except by loss, There is no life except by death, There is no vision but by Faith. Nor glory but by bearing shame, Nor Justice but by taking blame; And that Eternal Passion saith, “Be emptied of glory and right and name.”
But all through life I see a Cross, Where sons of God yield up their breath: There is no gain except by loss, There is no life except by death, There is no vision but by Faith. Nor glory but by bearing shame, Nor Justice but by taking blame; And that Eternal Passion saith, “Be emptied of glory and right and name.”
In print by 1921 AD · modern
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- W. C. Smith (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1921 AD · modern
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 200 · printed citation: W. C. Smith (Olrig Grange). · compiler notes excluded
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