THE GATE OF THE SANCTUARY. 
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“ THE TWO MINDS.” 
 
“ THEY SHALL BE NO MORE TWAIN, BUT ONE 
FLESH.” 
 
 
ELL have I said, “ O God, Thou art, alone, 
 In many forms and faces manifest ! 
Thou, stronger than the universe, Thy throne ! 
 Thou, calm in strength as the sea’s heart at rest ! ” 
But I have also answered :  “ Let the groan 
 Of this Thy world reach up to Thee, and wrest 
Thy bloody sceptre :  let the wild winds own 
 Man’s lordship, and obey at his behest ! ” 
 
Man has two minds :  the first beholding all, 
 As from a centre to the endless end : 
The second reaches from the outer wall, 
 And seeks the centre.  This I comprehend. 
But in the first :  “ I can—but what is worth ? ” 
 And in the second :  “ I am dust and earth ! 
 
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