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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made
man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Ecclesiastes vii, 29


Rudyard Kipling

New York

D. Appleton & Company

1899

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TO THE TRUE ROMANCE.

Thy face is far from this our war—
Our call and counter-cry.

I shall not find Thee quick and kind,
Nor know Thee till I die.

Enough for me in dreams to see
And touch Thy garments' hem-
Thy feet have trod so near to God
I may not follow them.

Through wantonness if men profess
They weary of Thy parts,
E'en let them die at blasphemy

And perish with their arts:
But we that love-but we that prove
Thine excellence august,

While we adore, discover more
Thee perfect, wise, and just.

Since spoken word Man's spirit stirred Beyond his belly-need,

What is is Thine of fair design

In thought and craft and deed:

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