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The Shepherd Boy Sings In The Valley Of Humiliation

John Bunyan

He that is down needs fear no fall,
  He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
  Have God to be his guide.

I am content with what I have,
  Little be it or much:
And, Lord, contentment still I crave,
  Because Thou savest such.

Fullness to such a burden is
  That go on pilgrimage:
Here little, and hereafter bliss,
  Is best from age to age.

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From The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1900 | Clarendon, 1919

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