“Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted;
If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning
Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment;
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
Patience; accomplish thy labour; accomplish thy work of affection!
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is Godlike.
Therefore accomplish thy labour of love, till the heart is made Godlike,
Purified, strengthened, perfected, and rendered more worthy of Heaven.”
If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning
Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment;
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
Patience; accomplish thy labour; accomplish thy work of affection!
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is Godlike.
Therefore accomplish thy labour of love, till the heart is made Godlike,
Purified, strengthened, perfected, and rendered more worthy of Heaven.”
LONGFELLOW
“Say not, ‘twas all in vain,
The anguish and the darkness and the strife;
Love thrown upon the waters comes again
In quenchless yearnings for a nobler life.”
The anguish and the darkness and the strife;
Love thrown upon the waters comes again
In quenchless yearnings for a nobler life.”
A. SHIPTON
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