Vocation

Vocation written by John Drinkwater

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THIS be my pilgrimage and goal,
Daily to march and find
The secret phrases of the soul,
The evangels of the mind.
While easy tongues are lightly heard,
Let; me with them be great
Who still upon the perfect word
As heavenly fowlers wait.
In taverns none will I be seen
But can my daemon teach
My cloudy thought to wash all clean
In the bright sun of speech.

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