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Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

Laurence Binyon1869–1943

A Song

FOR Mercy, Courage, Kindness, Mirth,

There is no measure upon earth.

Nay, they wither, root and stem,

If an end be set to them.

Overbrim and overflow,

If you own heart you would know;

For the spirit born to bless

Lives but in its own excess.