THE POWER OF THOUGHT
Mine be the fate to cultivate The garden of the mind; Mine be the power to pluck the flower Of sweet thoughts intertwined.
We cannot help, if dogs will yelp, We cannot stay the sea; The Spring \vill spring, the birds will wing Because it is to be.
But the weeds will grow in spite of the hoe, And nettles will uprise. A tall greon tree looked down on me, With power to criticise.
If thought has taught the mind, and wrought .From fiery furnace bright, The gleaming gold will be unrolled, As stars shine in the night.
For he that has power by reason will tower As towering palm or trees; And he that has sought and captured thought Knows what to see, and sees.
Douglas Ancelon.
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New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 10, 1 July 1900, Page 12
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132THE POWER OF THOUGHT New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 10, 1 July 1900, Page 12
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