—Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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I WOULD LIVE LONGER
Phil. i. 23.
O I would live longer, I gladly would stay,
Though "storm after storm rises dark o'er the way";
Temptations and trials beset me, 'tis true,
Yet gladly I'd stay where there's so much to do.
O I would live longer—not "away from my Lord"—
For ever he's with me, fulfilling his word;