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NEMESIS.
The Eternal Law is self-avenged,
The gods will vindicate their own;
All that we know and are is changed,
And Death remains alone.
The gods will vindicate their own;
All that we know and are is changed,
And Death remains alone.
Yet is there progress. Souls that sin
By sin and suffering do grow strong;
Delight to dole is near of kin,
Right blossoms out of wrong.
By sin and suffering do grow strong;
Delight to dole is near of kin,
Right blossoms out of wrong.
We know not clearly what is good,
We dare not see Truth's dazzling face,
But yet our heart has understood,
Has felt her royal grace.
We dare not see Truth's dazzling face,
But yet our heart has understood,
Has felt her royal grace.
Who loves divines the Eternal Plan,
Who dwells with Beauty dwells with Truth;
Still the old thoughts return to man,
The soul is still a youth.
Who dwells with Beauty dwells with Truth;
Still the old thoughts return to man,
The soul is still a youth.
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The sun still lights the fourfold year,
The moon still lifts the wave on high,
Man still is man: then wherefore fear?
Believe, live, love, and die.
The moon still lifts the wave on high,
Man still is man: then wherefore fear?
Believe, live, love, and die.
Breathe gladly as a simple child,
Nor question why thou draw'st thy breath.
Believe and act; so, reconciled
To life—resigned to death.
Nor question why thou draw'st thy breath.
Believe and act; so, reconciled
To life—resigned to death.
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