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John Greenleaf Whittier on Fate

d. 1892 United States

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The Fates are just: they give us but our own;
Nemesis ripens what our hands have sown.

To a Southern Statesman (1864)

The laws of changeless justice bind
Oppressor with oppressed
And close as sin and suffering joined
We march to fate abreast.

This day we fashion Destiny, our web of Fate we spin.

Strike! Thou the Master, we Thy keys,
The anthem of the destinies!
The minor of Thy loftier strain,
Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain —
"Thy will be done!"

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Pluck one thread, and the web ye mar;
Break but one
Of a thousand keys, and the paining jar
Through all will run.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Greenleaf Whittier (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.