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I have known life and love, I have known death and disaster;

Foregathered with fools, succumbed to sin, been not unacquainted with shame;

Doubted, and yet held fast to a faith no doubt could o'ermaster.

Won and lost:—and I know it was all a part of the Game.

Youth and the dreams of youth, hope, and the triumph of sorrow:

I took as they came, I played them all; and I trumped the trick when I could.

And now, O Mover of Men, let the end be to-day or to-morrow—

I have staked and played for Myself, and You and the Game were good!