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The Larger HopeOh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood;
That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life will be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete;
That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivell'd in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another gain.
Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last, far off, at last to all, And every winter change to spring.
So runs my dream; but who am I? An infant crying in the night; An infant crying for the light, And with no language, but a cry.
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