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SONG: 16, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I could not through the burning day
Last Line: If love should fail.
Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs.


I COULD not through the burning day
In hope prevail,
Beside my task I could not stay,
If love should fail.

Nor underneath the evening sky,
When labours cease,
Fold both my tired hands and lie
At last in peace.

Ah, what to me in death or life
Could then avail!
I dare not ask for rest or strife
If love should fail.








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