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Concerto for Organ and Orchestra Op7 no1 mvt3. Subscribe to this site on Substack |
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Revel in your righteousness, For you are truly good, Wise enough to understand What lies behind each "should." There's depth to your morality And kindness to your care. Duty joins with empathy To will the weight you bear. Oh, yes, you hear the suffering That sings within your heart Of death and pain, of cruelty In which all must take part. Oh, yes, within you strangle The people whom you hate, And sex consumes your fantasies With lust no love can sate. But underneath, a canticle Of gratitude and praise Creates a choral pedal point To harmonize your days. There is a joy in being That does all goodness move, A universal gravity That binds all things in love. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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