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Ye do command me to all virtue ever

by Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

Ye do command me to all virtue ever
And simple truth the law by which we live
Methinks that I can trust your clearer sense
And your immediate knowledge of the truth.
I would obey your influence — one with fate




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