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4 Life’s harvest is not reaped until

The Christ within has grown

To perfect manhood, and self-will

By love is overthrown.

Such manhood gained concludes the strife

That makes the babe a boy;

’Tis thus the seed becomes a life,

The life becomes a joy.

The eyes that weep are eyes that see,

And swift are pilgrim-feet;

Ah! hope at length may come to be

Than memory more sweet.