“And so,” I said, much after having striven,
“We mount close upward to the bar of heaven;
But all our strength is spent upon the road,
And cannot take the gift when it is given.
Doubt is our attitude of mind from birth;
We cannot see, for memories of earth;
We cannot breathe the rich and rarer air,
To know the beauty and account the worth.”
“And yet,” one said, “you will not dare to say
A man is free to turn his face away,
Heedless of all the other friends of God,
And selfishly pursue a silent way!
Surely the earth must ever find a place;
Surely the human claim is no disgrace.”
– “But he must free himself who dares to mount
The highest heaven and ask to see God’s face.”
(Philip Henry Savage)
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