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<h2> THE CHOICE </h2>
<p>If Death should come to me to-night, and say:<br/>
“I weigh thy destiny; behold, I give<br/>
One little day with this thy love to live,<br/>
Then, my embrace; or, leave her for alway,<br/>
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And thou shalt walk a full array of years;<br/>
Upon thee shall the world’s large honours fall,<br/>
And praises clamorous shall make for all<br/>
Thy strivings rich amends.” If in my ears<br/>
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Thou saidst, “I love thee!” I would straightway cry,<br/>
“A thousand years upon this barren earth<br/>
Is death without her: for that day I die,<br/>
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And count my life for it of poorest worth.”<br/>
Love’s reckoning is too noble to be told<br/>
By Time’s slow fingers on its sands of gold.<br/></p>
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