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ALL THINGS FOR GOOD.
Nothing we see, but is for good;
No sight, no shape throughout creation,
But hath, if rightly understood,
Some wise and spiritual relation.
No sight, no shape throughout creation,
But hath, if rightly understood,
Some wise and spiritual relation.
Throughout all worlds, throughout all time,
The outer of the inner telleth;
Each seed is but a germ sublime,
Where wisdom, love, and beauty dwelleth.
The outer of the inner telleth;
Each seed is but a germ sublime,
Where wisdom, love, and beauty dwelleth.
And I can ne'er the thought forego
That flowers, and trees, and all that groweth,
Have sympathy with hearts below,
And love the hand that love bestoweth.
That flowers, and trees, and all that groweth,
Have sympathy with hearts below,
And love the hand that love bestoweth.
Who knows how link by link we draw
The slender chain which life enforces?—
A drop of dew may show some law,
That guides the planets in their courses.
The slender chain which life enforces?—
A drop of dew may show some law,
That guides the planets in their courses.
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Perchance the very sand we pass
May teach a truth without our seeing;
And e'en a simple blade of grass
Proclaim the Universal Being.
May teach a truth without our seeing;
And e'en a simple blade of grass
Proclaim the Universal Being.
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