Loss and Gain

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 to 1882

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To measure loss and gain in this wise?
What I have lost with what I have gained,
What I have missed with what attained,
The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.
Has fallen short or been turned aside.
When I compare
Little room do I find for pride.
But who shall dare
How like an arrow the good intent
I am aware
Defeat may be victory in disguise;
How many days have been idly spent;

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