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I charge you, by the seaWhereby you fill your children's mouths, and byThe might of Him that made it--fishermen!I charge you, mothers! by the mother's milkHe drew, and by His Father, God over all. Blessed forever, that ye answer Him!Open the door with shame, if ye have sinned;If ye be sorry, open it with sighs. Albeit the place be bare for poverty, And comfortless for lack of plenishing, Be not abashed for that, but open it, And take Him in that comes to sup with thee;'Behold!' He saith, 'I sta...nd at the door and knock. ' "Now, hear me: there be troubles in this worldThat no man can escape, and there is oneThat lieth hard and heavy on my soul, Concerning that which is to come:-- I sayAs a man that knows what earthly trouble means, I will not bear this ONE--I cannot bearThis ONE--I cannot bear the weight of you--You--every one of you, body and soul;You, with the care you suffer, and the lossThat you sustain; you, with the growing upTo peril, maybe with the growing oldTo want, unless before I stand with youAt the great white throne, I may be free of all, And utter to the full what shall dischargeMine obligation: nay, I will not waitA day, for every time the black clouds rise, And the gale freshens, still I search my soulTo find if there be aught that can persuadeTo good, or aught forsooth that can beguileFrom evil, that I (miserable man!If that be so) have left unsaid, undone.
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