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I have suffered pain

It is because I would.

I willed it. 'Tis no good

To murmur or complain.

I have not served the law

That keeps the earth so fair

And gives her clothes to wear,

Raiment of joy and awe.

For all, that bow to bless

That law, shall sure abide.

But man shall not abide,

And hence his gloriousness.

Lo, evening earth doth lie

All-beauteous and all peace.

Man only does not cease

From striving and from cry.

Sun sets in peace: and soon

The moon will shower her peace.

O law-abiding moon,

You hold your peace in fee!

Man, leastways, will not be

Down-bounden to these laws.

Man's spirit sees no cause

To serve such laws as these.

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