From this hour, freedom! | |
From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines, | |
Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute, | 55 |
Listening to others, and considering well what they say, | |
Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, | |
Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me. | |
I inhale great draughts of space; | |
The east and the west are mine, and the north and the south are mine. | 60 |
I am larger, better than I thought; | |
I did not know I held so much goodness. | |
All seems beautiful to me; | |
I can repeat over to men and women, You have done such good to me, I would do the same to you. | |
I will recruit for myself and you as I go; | 65 |
I will scatter myself among men and women as I go; | |
I will toss the new gladness and roughness among them; | |
Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me; | |
Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and shall bless me. |