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 THE TRUTH ENTIRE

DO repudiate your unjust blame. Ah, dear one, can those eyes I love be blind And in my free avowal fail to find The truth entire? — I should myself defame If, seeking pity, further fault I claim. Nay, more, 't was yours to loose my soul, not bind; Against self-doubt to be my champion kind And shape past weakness to a nobler aim.

Swift as the lark that springs to meet the sun, The soul will spring to meet the higher thought; Deeds must be dreamed before they can be done, And battles more by faith than steel are fought; Believe me, dearest, what you'd have me be! Thus giving courage and humility!