INEVITABLE.
THERE'S no need of your voice or your presence,
The moon does not bend to the sea,—
Be thou true and the tides of my being
Resistless, flow upward to thee;
The moon does not bend to the sea,—
Be thou true and the tides of my being
Resistless, flow upward to thee;
Can an apple escape gravitation?
Does earth lift her hand for the fruit?
Be self-poised and compel by attraction
What hides from a vulgar pursuit;
Does earth lift her hand for the fruit?
Be self-poised and compel by attraction
What hides from a vulgar pursuit;
The invincible forces are patient,—
No magnet runs after the steel;
Let your will be supreme, and its potence,
My life and my fortunes shall feel:
No magnet runs after the steel;
Let your will be supreme, and its potence,
My life and my fortunes shall feel:
For the needle must dip to the pole-star,
The climate encircle its zone;
So the heart, through all times and conditions,
Must know and will worship its own.
The climate encircle its zone;
So the heart, through all times and conditions,
Must know and will worship its own.
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