The bird and the bell, with other poems

Cranch, Christopher Pearse (1813-1892)

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LII.

Thanks to the Central Good, the inflowing Power,
The Primal Life in which we live and move,—
The aroma of the soul, the passion-flower
We bear upon our hearts, the deathless love
Of right, outlives device, and floats above
All human creeds, though armed with power to brave
The scholar's daring thought, and make the world their slave.

University of Virginia Library

LII.