Though leaves are many, the root is one Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth.
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Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world, and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary. You may argue against it but you should no more treat it with disrespect than a perfectly cultivated writer would treat (say) the Catholic Church or the Church of Luther no matter how much he disliked them.
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Hands, do what you're bid Bring the balloon of the mind That bellies and drags in the wind Into its narrow shed.
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Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting guest.
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