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TO HAVE SEEN
If a man might see,
In one flash of light,
The eternal end
Of his dearest hope;
How his horoscope
Shall together blend
Beauty, Truth and Right;
All that he shall be;
In one flash of light,
The eternal end
Of his dearest hope;
How his horoscope
Shall together blend
Beauty, Truth and Right;
All that he shall be;
Would he, having seen,
Walk in joy and peace,
Patient, calm and kind,
Blithe and undismayed?
Would he bend to aid
Every faltering mind,
Giving sure release,
Making whole and clean?
Walk in joy and peace,
Patient, calm and kind,
Blithe and undismayed?
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Every faltering mind,
Giving sure release,
Making whole and clean?
Nay; but deep amaze
Would his spirit hold;
With a burden great
He would stumbling go.
Best for man the slow
Conquest, and the late
Triumph, and the old,
Sorrowful delays.
Would his spirit hold;
With a burden great
He would stumbling go.
Best for man the slow
Conquest, and the late
Triumph, and the old,
Sorrowful delays.
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