Reverse cannot befall
That fine Prosperity
Whose Sources are interior —
As soon — Adversity
A Diamond — overtake
In far — Bolivian Ground —
Misfortune hath no implement
Could mar it — if it found —
Reverse cannot befall
That fine Prosperity
Whose Sources are interior —
As soon — Adversity
A Diamond — overtake
In far — Bolivian Ground —
Misfortune hath no implement
Could mar it — if it found —
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If your inner life is blessed, adversity cannot touch you, really. You are as indestructible as a diamond.