There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

Things that are not at all, are never lost.

Things that are not at all, are never lost.

But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.

What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.

In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil read more

In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ~~Must be draggin' you along

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.

That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning read more

That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.

That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.

Losers must have leave to speak.

Losers must have leave to speak.