Vos Non Vobis
Edith M. Thomas
1854 to 1925
Track 1
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And it was vainly done—
For what are many, if we lack the one!
Then Summer held it in her bounteous hand,
And many wandered through its blooming ways,
There was a song that lived within the heart
All sing it now, all praise its artless art,
But ne’er the one for whom the work was planned.
But ne’er the one for whom the song was made.
Long time—and then on Music’s wing it strayed!
And it was vainly done—
For what are many, if we lack the one?
There was a garden planned in Spring’s young days,
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