Religion
Conscience
From The Poems of Madison Cawein (1907)
Religion
Within the soul are throned two powers,
Named Love and Hate. Begot of these,
And veiled between, a presence towers,
The shadowy Keeper of the Keys.
With wild command or calm persuasion
This one may argue, that compel:
Vain are concealment and evasion--
For each he opens Heaven and Hell.
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MLA
Cawein, Madison. “Conscience.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cawein/697/.
Chicago
Cawein, Madison. “Conscience.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cawein/697/.
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