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THE RING
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Miriam.Well, I feltOn a sudden I know not what, a breath that pastWith all the cold of winter.
Father (muttering to himself).Even so.The Ghost in Man, the Ghost that once was Man,But cannot wholly free itself from Man,Are calling to each other thro' a dawnStranger than earth has ever seen; the veilIs rending, and the Voices of the dayAre heard across the Voices of the dark.No sudden heaven, nor sudden hell, for man,But thro' the Will of One who knows and rules—And utter knowledge is but utter love—Æonian Evolution, swift or slow,
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