RETURN

To the stand-bys

Add this one:

Always to define

Whatever we perceive

To trace its outline

So that we can see

What it really is

What it really is

Its substance

Stripped bare

As a whole

Unmodified

And to call it by

Its name

The thing itself

And its components

To which it will eventually return

To which it will eventually return

To which it will eventually return

To which it will eventually return

Nothings so conducive

To spiritual growth as this

Capacity for

Logical and accurate analysis

Of everything

That happens to us

To look at it in such a way

That we understand

What need it fulfills

And in what kind of world

And its value to that world

As a whole

And to man in particular

As a citizen of that higher city

Of which all other cities

Are like families

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

What is this

Which now creates an image in me

What is its composition

How long was it designed to last?

And what virtue do I need to meet it?

Gentleness

Manliness

Honesty

Courage and the rest

Therefore in each case we say

This comes from god

This is according

To the spinning thread of destiny

And such coincidence and chance

And this one from my fellow man

Same stock

Kinsman

He just doesn't understand

What's according to his nature

What's according to his nature

But I do

So I'll treat him as the law

That binds us both requires

With justice and with kindness

I do

So I'll treat him as the law

That binds us both requires

With justice and with kindness

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return

To which we will eventually return