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Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon


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.



Robert Laurence Binyon


Robert Laurence Binyon's other poems:
  1. The Dead to the Living
  2. Flame and Snow
  3. Now That I Have Won
  4. The Snows of Spring
  5. Inheritance


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • William Davenant A Song ("O thou that sleep'st like pig in straw")
  • Mark Akenside A Song ("The Shape alone let others prize")
  • Richard Crashaw A Song ("Lord, when the sense of thy sweet grace")
  • Edwin Arnold A Song ("Once — and only once — you gave")
  • Eleanor Farjeon A Song ("It means so little to you")
  • Oliver Holmes A Song ("WHEN the Puritans came over")
  • Lizette Reese A Song ("Oh, Love, he went a-straying")
  • George Crabbe A Song ("As Chloe fair, a new-made bride")
  • Helen Williams A Song ("No riches from his scanty store")
  • Alfred Douglas A Song ("Steal from the meadows, rob the tall green hills")
  • Barcroft Boake A Song ("I've a kiss from a warmer lover")

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