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INDEPENDENCE.
Ye depend on one another
For each comfort ye enjoy;—
There is nought the heart can foster
That the heart may not destroy!
To every mind that ponders,
To every heart that feels,
There's not a day but something
This hidden truth reveals!
Thus—thus throughout creation
The links of life had birth;
Ye speak of Independence,—
There is no such thing on earth!
For each comfort ye enjoy;—
There is nought the heart can foster
That the heart may not destroy!
To every mind that ponders,
To every heart that feels,
There's not a day but something
This hidden truth reveals!
Thus—thus throughout creation
The links of life had birth;
Ye speak of Independence,—
There is no such thing on earth!
The seed of friendship blooms not;
No leaf can it impart,
Until it finds a welcome
In some congenial heart!
The light of Love can warm not
'Till found some kindred shrine,
And then it springs immortal,
And shows itself divine!—
Thus—thus throughout creation
The links of life had birth:
Ye speak of Independence,—
There is no such thing on earth!—
No leaf can it impart,
Until it finds a welcome
In some congenial heart!
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'Till found some kindred shrine,
And then it springs immortal,
And shows itself divine!—
Thus—thus throughout creation
The links of life had birth:
Ye speak of Independence,—
There is no such thing on earth!—
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