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JOY AND SORROW by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: SHALL WE LET JOY GO BY
Last Line: BUT LO, HE LINGERS, BIDDEN NOT TO STAY!
Subject(s): GRIEF; HAPPINESS; SORROW; SADNESS; JOY; DELIGHT;

SHALL we let Joy go by,
He of the kindling eye?
Nay, comrade, nay!
But lo, he wends his uncompanioned way!

Shall we bid Sorrow bide,
He that is mournful-eyed?
Nay, comrade, nay!
But lo, he lingers, bidden not to stay!



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