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the secret.
THE SECRET.
WTHAT selfishness asked for
Was vain:
What came for that asking
Brought pain.
Was vain:
What came for that asking
Brought pain.
Heaven's manna in keeping
Was spoiled:
All beauty self-seeking
Hath soiled.
Was spoiled:
All beauty self-seeking
Hath soiled.
Complacency blazoned
Dull dross.
No gain came of hoarding,
But loss.
Dull dross.
No gain came of hoarding,
But loss.
Gain! none save the giver
Receives.
Yet who that old gospel
Believes?
Receives.
Yet who that old gospel
Believes?
