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Rh 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;