The man who fears to go his way alone, But follows where th… - Edmund Vance Cooke

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The man who fears to go his way alone, But follows where the greater number tread,
Should hasten to his rest beneath a stone; The great majority of men are dead.

Edmund Vance Cooke

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Edmund Vance Cooke (June 5, 1866 – December 18, 1932) was a Canadian poet.

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To deftly do what many dimly think; To fund a feeling for the world to borrow;
To turn a tear to printer’s ink; To make a sonnet of a sorrow.

This trouble seems to be Chief in theology:
Each thinks the hymn should be,— Nearer, my God, to Thee.

The rake upon a wanton wastes the wiles Which dazzle innocence.
The nettle guards itself; the lily smiles Unheedful of defence.

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