Quote #74

The day wears heavily, - why, then, ignore it; Peace is the soul's desire, - such thoughts restore it; The truth thou art, - it needs not implore it.

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  1. You ask a faith, - they are content with faith; You ask to have, - but they reply 'IT hath.' There is no end, there need be no path.
  2. The Presence all thy fancies supersedes, All that is done which thou wouldst seek in deeds, The wealth obliterates all seeming needs.
  3. A single thought transfuses every form; The sunny day is changed into the storm, For light is dark, hard soft, and cold is warm. One presen…
  4. To me, our destinies seem flower and fruit Born of an ever-generating root...
  5. There are to whom each symbol is a mask; The life of love is a mysterious task; They want no answer, for they would not ask.
  6. I do not think we are deceived to grow, But that the crudest fancy, slightest show, Covers some separate truth that we may know. In the one…
  7. And dost thou seek to find the one in two? Only upon the old can build the new; The symbol which you seek is found in you.
  8. This is my tendency; but can I say That this my thought leads the true, only way? I only know it constant leads, and I obey.

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