DESTINY.
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When Destiny leads us We have to obey. No rest by the roadside; No loitering by way. She beckons us onward With promise of peace; Alluring us ever, From bonds no release. We struggle on blindly; Obeying her call. A shroud doth us cover, ’Tis Destiny’s pall. The chains that aye bind us Too strong are to break; The fetters, and shackles Are Destiny’s make. So strong are these fetters They bind us to earth. Grim Destiny welded them E’en before birth. We rise from our bondage, And try to be free; But Fate is our gaoler, She holds fast the key. The prison is guarded, No opening we see, ’Tis useless to struggle, For helpless are we. Yea, Destiny rules us; A tyrant is she Who keeps us in bondage, When we would be free. The warfare is ended. Our colors are down. We bow in submission, And Destiny crown. She now is our monarch, On her we must lean, Obeying her ever, For she is our queen.