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For me--I have. no lingering wish to rove; For though I worship all things fair and free, Of outward grace, of soul nobility Happier than thou, I find them all in one, And I would worship at thy shrine alone. - [Fidelity] Solitude is the audience-chamber of God. - [Solitude] The honey-bee that wanders all day long The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er, To gather in his fragrant winter store, Humming in calm content his winter song, Seeks not alone the rose's glowing breast, The lily's dainty cup, the violet's lips, But from all rank and noxious weeds he sips The single drop of sweetness closely pressed Within the poison chalice. - The Lesson of the Bee [Bees]
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