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"Cogitavi vias meas"

A cry from the green-grained sticks of the fire
   Made me gaze where it seemed to be:
'Twas my own voice talking therefrom to me
On how I had walked when my sun was higher -
   My heart in its arrogancy.
"You held not to whatsoever was true,"
   Said my own voice talking to me:
"Whatsoever was just you were slack to see;
Kept not things lovely and pure in view,"
   Said my own voice talking to me.
"You slighted her that endureth all,"
   Said my own voice talking to me;
"Vaunteth not, trusteth hopefully;
That suffereth long and is kind withal,"
   Said my own voice talking to me.
"You taught not that which you set about,"
   Said my own voice talking to me;
"That the greatest of things is Charity. . . "
- And the sticks burnt low, and the fire went out,
   And my voice ceased talking to me.