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TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. I HEARD A VOICE by EDWARD CARPENTER

First Line: I HEARD A VOICE SAY UNTO ME
Last Line: AND THAT SHALL SUFFICE FOR THY LIFE.
Subject(s): DEMOCRACY; LIFE;
I HEARD a voice say unto me—
Now since thou art neither beautiful nor witty, it is in vain that thou
hangest about the doors of the admired palaces;

For thou wilt not gain admission—thou!
But here outside is a plot of waste ground where canst build thee a little
cabin—all thine own;
And since it is close by the common road and there is no fence about it,
Many a weary traveler parched with the heat of the day shall turn in unto
thee for a cup of cold water:
And that shall suffice for Thy life.



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