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 To do his best is all man knows of right—

Observing this, he finds the spirit's might.

To dread the Great Unknown is bondage vile

For man; this fear 's a sin that doth defile

The thought and deed of multitudes. In space

No depth is found where evil can efface

Love's holy, constant, all-pervading ray;

Go where soul will, it need feel no dismay.

Peace dwells in Heart of Heaven, eternal Ku;

But in the rugged paths that lead thereto

With turmoil finite being makes its way—

Tho' none know why or whither, all obey.

The clasping hand let fall the talisman

Placed centuries agone, by child of Can,

To serve as link with mortal heart in urn.

"Save me from self! I would no more return."

The woman breathed. Then at her side appeared

A radiant form:—"As nothing should be feared

In all the vast infinity of Good,

The good is here; and if all mortals would

Aspire to truth and from ill thought refrain,

Each could his share of happiness attain.

No more for safety from thyself appeal,

Thine higher self doth now itself reveal;

Its voice obey, for thus thou wilt be free

To seek and find the joys awaiting thee."