Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, by EDWARD CARPENTER


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TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not by running out of yourself after it comes the love
Last Line: Two voices added to the eternal choir.
Subject(s): Freedom; Man-woman Relationships; Liberty; Male-female Relations


NOT by running out of yourself after it comes the love which lasts a
thousand years.
If to gain another's love you are untrue to yourself then are you also
untrue to the person whose love you would gain.
Him or her whom you seek will you never find that way—and what
pleasure you have with them will haply only end in pain.
Remain stedfast, knowing that each prisoner has to endure in patience till
the season of his liberation; when the love comes which is for you it will turn
the lock easily and loose your chains—
Being no longer whirled about nor tormented by winds of uncertainty, but
part of the organic growth of God himself in Time—
Another column in the temple of immensity,
Two voices added to the eternal choir.





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