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First Line: All before us lies the way


ALL before us lies the way;
Give the past unto the wind;
All before us is the day,
Night and darkness are behind.


Eden with its angels bold,
Love and flowers and coolest sea,
Is less an ancient story told
Than a glowing prophecy.


In the spirit's perfect air,
In the passions tame and kind,
Innocence from selfish care,
The real Eden we shall find.


When the soul to sin hath died,
True and beautiful and sound,
Then all earth is sanctified,
Upsprings paradise around.


From the spirit-land afar
All disturbing force shall flee;
Stir, nor toil, nor hope shall mar
Its immortal unity.






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