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First Line: The steps of fate are dark and terrible
Last Line: The heaven which is our future and our home.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Fate; Destiny


THE steps of fate are dark and terrible;
And not here may we trace them to the goal.
If I could doubt the heaven in which I hope,
The doubt would vanish, gazing upon life,
And seeing what it needs of peace and rest.
Life is but like a journey during night.
We toil through gloomy paths of the unknown;
Heavy the footsteps are with pitfalls round;
And few and faint the stars that guide our way:
But, at the last, comes morning; glorious
Shines forth the light of day, and so will shine
The heaven which is our future and our home.





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