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NON TALI AUXILIO
Ah, how these rival interests shrink away
And are at once forgotten, in that day
Which comes to all, when we can see our life
Of storm and stress, of passion and of strife,
In the large love-light of Eternity!
And are at once forgotten, in that day
Which comes to all, when we can see our life
Of storm and stress, of passion and of strife,
In the large love-light of Eternity!
That day, O friend, has come for you and me,
Who stand no longer in the common street
Among such crowds as clamour when they meet
For this or that—for changes far or near,
Hateful to some folk, but to some, most dear,
And all the dearer for the others' hate.
Who stand no longer in the common street
Among such crowds as clamour when they meet
For this or that—for changes far or near,
Hateful to some folk, but to some, most dear,
And all the dearer for the others' hate.
Not thus, Man rises to his best estate
Not thus, the immortal Future will reveal
Its sacred source to those who think and feel;
Nor shall the thing that righteous is and true
Be moved one jot, by all we say and do.
Not thus, the immortal Future will reveal
Its sacred source to those who think and feel;
Nor shall the thing that righteous is and true
Be moved one jot, by all we say and do.
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