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of soul, flesh doth not overwhelm,

But is the means wherewith all things to buy!

It is the coin current of the realm

Wherein we live and die.

Upon our far strange journey to that Home

From which we are astray,

The Providence that destined we should roam

Gave us wherewith to pay.

We shall arrive if nobly we aspire,

And spending flesh to buy the spirit free,

Pay with our bodies for our souls' desire

For perfect liberty.

M. E. Buhler.