The Soul Of A Century/From destiny's hand
FROM DESTINY’S HAND
From Destiny’s hand I took my lot and toil;
Like a seed sown at random upon the black soil.
Like a seed of rich grain that grows 'neath a warm clime
And leans towards the earth in the fullness of time.
It blossoms and grows, yields a seed and no more;
Like a seed I too visit on earth’s fertile shore.
Thus lives each man, though a leader or slave;
I relish my life and fear not the grave.
To earth that once bore it, the stalk bends in twain;
In a heavenly garden, I will blossom again.
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) between 1929 and 1977 (inclusive) without a copyright notice. The longest-living author of this work died in 1987, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 36 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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