Offering

She had no gift to bring her heart's beloved,
So poor she was and sad,
Having no store laid by to cheer the bleak tomorrow,
So for his weal she offered all she had—her sorrow.
Who knows but God, compassionate, took heed
Accepting this her treasure,
And on her heart's beloved one in his need
Spent it in fullest measure.
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