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SONG OF A PILGRIM-SOUL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: March on, my soul, nor like a laggard stay!
Last Line: The creeds are milestones on the road to truth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Travel; Wandering & Wanderers; Journeys; Trips


MARCH on, my soul, nor like a laggard stay!
March swiftly on. Yet err not from the way
Where all the nobly wise of old have trod, --
The path of faith, made by the sons of God.

Follow the marks that they have set beside
The narrow, cloud-swept track, to be thy guide:
Follow, and honour what the past has gained,
And forward still, that more may be attained.

Something to learn, and something to forget:
Hold fast the good, and seek the better yet:
Press on, and prove the pilgrim-hope of youth:
The Creeds are milestones on the road to Truth.





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