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AD ASTRA: 148 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: TWO ROADS PRESENT THEMSELVES TO EVERY MAN
Last Line: AND SOUL OR BODY NOW MUST MEET THE BLADE!
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST; LIFE; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
Two Roads present themselves to every man—
The Way of Christ, beset with thorns and tears,
The other roof'd with many a flowery span,
And redolent of all that life endears—
In each the smoke of sacrifice appears:
Two victims are upon Life's altar laid,
And Soul or Body now must meet the blade!



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