Vos Non Vobis
Edith M. Thomas
1854 to 1925
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And it was vainly done—
There was a song that lived within the heart
For what are many, if we lack the one!
For what are many, if we lack the one?
But ne'er the one for whom the song was made.
And many wandered through its blooming ways,
There was a garden planned in Spring's young days,
All sing it now, all praise its artless art,
Long time—and then on Music's wing it strayed!
Then Summer held it in her bounteous hand,
But ne'er the one for whom the work was planned.
And it was vainly done—