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| COMMUNE with thine own heart!—no need | |
| To wander the wide earth around; | |
| If but in thine own breast thou read | |
| Aright—thy God thou wilt have found; | |
| Who habiteth Eternity | 5 |
| There condescends to dwell with thee. | |
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(Section V) Commune with thine own heart! for there | |
| The Heaven-ascending ladder lies, | |
| A pathway into purer air, | |
| A window giving on the skies; | 10 |
| Through which thou mayest wing thy flight, | |
| And mingle with the Infinite. | |
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| There-through thy thoughts may pass at large | |
| When ill with thee it here doth fare, | |
| Procuring thee a full discharge | 15 |
| From harassing and carking care: | |
| From Earth’s enthralling fetters free | |
| There thou may’st range at liberty. | |
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| Yea there thou may’st shut-to the door | |
| Against all envy, strife, and hate; | 20 |
| Though outwardly they rave and roar, | |
| Within they may not penetrate: | |
| Safe-guarded in that still recess | |
| Thou shalt defy the angry press. | |
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(Section VI) Commune with thine own heart!—for there | 25 |
| The better, nobler self resides, | |
| That in the life divine doth share, | |
| And ever in the Presence bides; | |
| The self with Deity at one, | |
| As with its beam the central sun. | 30 |
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| There—from the world of sense aloof— | |
| Such insight shall be granted thee | |
| As shall afford thee ample proof | |
| Of thine august paternity; | |
| The Spirit witnessing with thine | 35 |
| That thou art sprung from seed divine. | |
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