Quote#Politics & Power
What power was this—chance, will you say? But chance, what else can…
Quote byLewis Morris · 1833–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Evensong", line 25, in Songs of Two Worlds: Third series (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875), p. 23..
English (original)
What power was this—chance, will you say? But chance, what else can it mean Than the hidden Cause of things by human reason unseen?
— Lewis Morris
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How far high failure overleaps the bound Of low successes.
Life is a chase, And man the hunter, always following on, With hounds of rushing thought or fiery sense, Some hidden truth or beauty, fleeting still For ever through the thick-leaved coverts deep And wind-worn wolds of life.
Call no faith false which e'er has brought Relief to any laden life, Cessation to the pain of thought, Refreshment 'mid the dust of strife.
Rest springs from strife and dissonant chords beget Divinest harmonies.
Love for Love And Blood for Blood—the simple golden rule Taught by the elder gods.
[T]he world still needs Its champion as of old, and finds him still.