<h2><SPAN name="chap32"></SPAN>GOD, THROUGH HIS OFFSPRING NATURE, GAVE ME LOVE</h2>
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God, through his offspring Nature, gave me love,<br/>
Though man in opposition saith me nay,<br/>
And taketh from my heart its life to-day,<br/>
As through the valley of the world I rove.<br/>
Still unaccompanied, within the grove<br/>
That doth enamored beings hold at play,<br/>
My spirit must pursue its lonely way,<br/>
And strive to pluck some flowers that bloom above.<br/>
Oh, wherefore then doth Nature give desire<br/>
To have that which mankind may not possess,<br/>
And force him to endure on earth hell’s fire,<br/>
And live in one perpetual distress?<br/>
Some evil power must such love inspire,<br/>
And with it masquerade in Cupid’s dress!<br/></p>
<p class="left">
CHARLES GIBSON</p>
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