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And worship, so that I may leave
No broken story to be told.

"Therefore I welcome what may come,
Glad for the days, the nights, the years."—
An upward flash of ember-flame
Revealed the gladness in his tears.

"You see them, but you know," said he,
"Too much to be incredulous:
You know the day that makes us wise,
The moment that makes fools of us.

"So I shall follow from now on
The road that she has found for me:
The dark and starry way that leads
Right upward, and eternally.

"Stumble at first? I may do that;
And I may grope, and hate the night;
But there's a guidance for the man
Who stumbles upward for the light,

"And I shall have it all from her,
The foam-born child of innocence.
I feel you smiling while I speak,
But that's of little consequence;