When I go to the grave I can say as others have said, "I have finished my day's work." But I cannot say, "I have finished my life." My day's work will begin again the next morning. But I feel that I haven't given utterance to the thousandth part of what lies within me. For half a century I have been writing my thoughts in prose and in verse history, philosophy, drama, romance, tradition, satire, ode, and song all of these have I tried. The nearer my approach to the end, the plainer is the sound of immortal symphonies of worlds which invite me. I inhale even now the fragrance of lilacs, violets, and roses, just as I did when I was twenty. Why, then, does my soul become brighter when my bodily powers begin to waste away? Winter is above me, but eternal spring is within my heart. Some say the soul results merely from bodily powers. ![]() The earth gives me its generous sap, but the heavens illuminate me with the reflection of-of worlds unknown. I shall most certainly rise toward the heavens. ![]() I am like a forest that has been razed the new shoots are stronger and brisker.
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