| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 262. Via, et Veritas, et Vita |
| By Alice Meynell (b. 1847) |
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| YOU never attained to Him. If to attain | |
| Be to abide, then that may be. | |
| Endless the way, followed with how much pain! | |
| The way was He. | |
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