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Show Current Verse, RELIANCE. Not' to the swift the race; Not to the strong the fight; r ' Not to'thte righteous perfect grace; Not to the wise the light. But often faltering" feet Come surest tff the. goal, And they who walk in darkness meet The sunrise of the soul. A thousand times by night The Syrian hosts have died; A thousand times the vanquished right Has risen glorified. The truth the wise man sought Was spoken by a child; The alabaster box was brought In trembling hands defiled. Nor from my torch the gleam, t But from the stars above; NSt from our hearts life's crystal stream, But from the depths of love. Atlantic Monthly. S it |