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[You, who would try]
You, who would try
Yon terrible track,
To live, or to die,
But ne'er to look back.—
Yon terrible track,
To live, or to die,
But ne'er to look back.—
You, who aspire
To be purified there,
By the terrors of Fire,
Of Water, and Air—
To be purified there,
By the terrors of Fire,
Of Water, and Air—
If danger, and pain,
And death you despise,
On—for again
Into light you shall rise;
And death you despise,
On—for again
Into light you shall rise;
Rise into light
With that Secret Divine,
Now shrouded from sight
By the Veils of the Shrine
With that Secret Divine,
Now shrouded from sight
By the Veils of the Shrine
But if ------
Here the letters faded away into a dead blank, more awfully intelligible than the most eloquent words.
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