The Fates Laugh
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The Fates Laugh
I did not will this thing. I set my face
Towards duty and my art; I was alone.
How knew I thou shouldst roll away the stone
From hopes long buried, by thy tender grace?
What does it matter that we make resolve?
The Fates laugh at us as they sit and spin;
We cannot tell what Good is, or what Sin,
Or why old faiths in mist of pain dissolve.
We only can stand watchful in the way,
Waiting with patient hands on shield and sword,
Ready to meet disaster in the fray,
Till Time has struck the letters of one word--
Word of such high-born worth: triumphant Love,
Give me thy canopy where'er I rove.
About Gilbert Parker
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Summary
Introduction
Volume 1
The Vision
Love's Courage
Love's Language
Aspiration
The Meeting
The Nest
Pisgah
Love is Enough
At the Play
So Calm the World
The Welcome
The Shrine
The Torch
In Armour
In Thee My Art
Denial
Testament
Captivity
O Mystic Wings
Was It Thy Face?
A Woman's Hand
One Face I See
Mother
When First I Saw Thee
The Fates Laugh
As One Who Waiteth
The Sealing
The Pledge
Love's Tributaries
The Choice
Recognition
The Way of Dreams
The Accolade
Fallen Idols
Tennyson
The Anointed Ones
Volume 2
Dreams
The Bride
The Wraith
Surrender
The Citadel
Malfeasance
Annunciation
Vanished Dreams
Into Thy Land
Divided
We Must Live On
Yet Life Is Sweet
Lost Footsteps
The Closed Door
The Chalice
Mio Destino
I Have Beheld
Too Soon Away
The Treasure
Dahin
Love's Usury
The Decree
`Tis Morning Now
Sacrifice
Shine On
So, Thou Art Gone
The Thousand Things
The Sea
The Chart
Revealing
Overcoming
Whither Now
Ararat
As Light Leaps Up
The Darkened Way
Reunited
Song Was Gone From Me
Good Was The Fight
Unchanged
Absolvo Te
Benedictus
The Message
Unavailing
You Shall Live On
"Vex Not This Ghost"
The Memory
The Passing
Envoy
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