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It is no secret I tell you, nor am
I ashamed to declare it:
I have liked to be with you, to see
you, to speak with you always,
So I was hurt at your words " -

Selections from
The Ladder of St Augustine_

All thoughts of ill; all evil deeds,
That have their root is thoughts of ill
Whatever hinders or impedes
The action of the nobler will;_

All these must first be trampled down
Beneath our feet, of we would, gain
In the bright fields of fair renown
The right of eminent domain.