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The Way
To good thou ask'st the way—enter the street,This is the broad high-way that many tread;
Go follow him whom first thine eye shall meet,
Here is his store, go in; behold thy bread;
Thou turn'st away; well, follow him whose ship
Has just returned deep-laden from afar;
Look, see his face how gladdened at the trip.
Is there aught here the good thou seek'st to mar?
Still as thou trackest one and all thou find'st it not;
Then learn that all are seekers here below;
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That none the path to happiness can show,
Save He whose way is hidden; only known
To those who seek his love, and his alone.
Poem No. 737; late 1839
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