RENUNCIATION.
Reading edition
"Oh, is not love eternal When once the heart be won? Oh, is not love infernal When love can be undone?" So sighed a gentle maiden In light of memory dear, As, sad and heavy-laden, She longed for knowledge clear. But soon the bitter heart-ache Gave way to victory's cheer; For, brave, she chose for His sake The life which knows no peer; The life of abnegation Which gives the Christ's own peace, But leaves the sad temptation To ask for life's release.