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Burden Bearing.

There have come to me times
When my feet would falter.
In rough step pathways & dreary plain
Beneath the burden that I must carry
Thro' days of trial, and nights of pain.
Not mine alone, but the woes of others
Pressed heavy & sore on my aching heart
And often the world went out in darkness.
Of tears - that would all unbidden start.

Why must I suffer, for others sorrow
Since my own life, had its share of pain?
No need had I from my friend to borrow
But ever my fight gainst fate was vain.
The wearisome burden of life, and living
Was mine to shrink from, & mine to bear
So long as my heart could feel for others
So long as the world had woes to bear.

Why must I bear what others bear not?
I cried from the depths of my souls
sore pain