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LXI

We know not of one mood that 's hers,
Or glad or grave, which has not drawn

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Its source from God's deep universe,
As th' hours draw the day from dawn—
Nature's! who holds us quietly
But earnestly, as by a spell,
Whose contact with us seems to be
Actual and yet intangible.
In us she thus asserts her claims
Of kinship and divine control;
God-teacher of exalted aims,
The high consents of heart and soul:
Imperfectly man sees and feels,
Through earthly mediums of his fate,
The premonitions she reveals
For issues that shall elevate.