Epes Sargent

“ That from the thought and from the will
Must all that raises man proceed!
Though Pride should hold our calling low,
For us shall duty make it good;
And we from truth to truth shall go
Till life and death are understood. ”

“ However low you lay its transient bed,
So must the spirit, from its earthward course,
Mount to the Deity, which is its source!
We give the infant, who to walk is learning,
His leading-strings;---corks to the doubtful swimmer ”