But well avenged, they are aye redeemed;
Ah, how shall We welcome them then!"
THE SONS OF MEN HEARKEN
Are ye worth the kiss of a woman?
Were ye worth the roof of a womb?
Are ye worth the price of your grave-clothes?
Are ye worth the name on a tomb?
Nay! None of these is your earning,
And none of these be your meed,
If the deathless wail of their yearning