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Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.

By Blanche Edith Baughan

127 . The Greatest Gift

IF of us two might only one be glad,

Pain I’d pursue, and struggle to be sad.

If of us two one only might be great,

Safely obscure I’d triumph in my fate.

O Soul more dear than mine! if of us two

One only might love God, it should be you.