Here I confess to a lofty scorn,
And an acrid skepticism.
(Jeremy Carlisle)
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Oh many times did Ernest Hyde and IArgue about the freedom of the will.
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Pine trees, a lake, a summer sky.
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But a man can never avenge himself
On the monstrous ogre Life.
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Out of me the forgiveness of millions toward millions,
And the beneficient face of a nation
Shining with justice and truth.
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The balmy air of spring whispers through the sweet grass,
The stars sparkle, the whippoorwill calls,
But thou grievest, while my soul lies rapturous
In the blest Nirvana of eternal light!
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Go to the good heart that is my husband,
Who broods upon what he calls our guilty love: --
Tell him that my love for you, no less than my love for him,
Wrought out my destiny -- that through the flesh
I won spirit, and through spirit, peace.
Edgar Lee Masters
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