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SONG OF A PILGRIM-SOUL by HENRY VAN DYKE

First Line: MARCH ON, MY SOUL, NOR LIKE A LAGGARD STAY!
Last Line: THE CREEDS ARE MILESTONES ON THE ROAD TO TRUTH.
Subject(s): PILGRIMAGES & PILGRIMS; TRAVEL; WANDERING & WANDERERS; JOURNEYS; TRIPS;

MARCH on, my soul, nor like a laggard stay!
March swiftly on. Yet err not from the way
Where all the nobly wise of old have trod, --
The path of faith, made by the sons of God.

Follow the marks that they have set beside
The narrow, cloud-swept track, to be thy guide:
Follow, and honour what the past has gained,
And forward still, that more may be attained.

Something to learn, and something to forget:
Hold fast the good, and seek the better yet:
Press on, and prove the pilgrim-hope of youth:
The Creeds are milestones on the road to Truth.



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