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Courage.

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I thank thee, Life, that though I be     This poor and broken thing to see,     I still can look with pure delight     Upon thy rose, the red, the white.     And though so dark my own demesne,     My neighbor's fields so fair and green,     I thank thee that my soul and I     Can fare along that grass and sky.     Yet am I weak! Ere I be done.     Give me one spot that takes the sun!     Give me, ere I uncaring rest.     One rose, to wear it on my breast!

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"I thank thee, Life, that though I be..."

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