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AMBITION by MILDRED TELFORD BARNWELL

First Line: WHAT USE IN HEAVEN COULD I EVER BE
Last Line: TO DREAM AND RHYME FOR HIM ETERNALLY?
Subject(s): AMBITION; FAITH; BELIEF; CREED;

What use in heaven could I ever be
When all I do on earth is rhyme and dream,
Spinning out endless verses by the ream?

If I could only here, attainment see
And by my rhyme bring up some souls with me,
Might I in heaven God's poet laureate be --
To dream and rhyme for Him eternally?



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