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THE BETTER WAY

Our hearts, disdainful in these days, repent
That poor ambition and unwise content,
Which, in the midst of veil and semblance, left
The soul of true realities bereft
And those prerogatives of human mind
Whereby the soul at last leaves veils behind.
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