Even When There's Little Choice, We Choose

Music: Concerto Grosso in G minor, 1st Movement.
By Arcangelo Corelli.
Performed by the Advent Orchestra at theFree Music Archive
under a Attribution-Share Alike License.

Even when there's little choice, we choose,
Lest we lose the habit of our duty.
Ever tempted to the rite refuse,
Come the day, we recognize its beauty.
There is no greater dignity than this:
In each an equal sense of sovereignty,
Ownership not easy to dismiss,
Nothing less than what makes people free.
Do, then, exercise this sovereign right
As though it could be lost, as well it might,
Yielding in small steps that few can see.

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