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MARCUS AURELIUS - ZaunköniG - 09.08.2014 MARCUS AURELIUS DUTY and courage were his stays ; through toil Incessant, and through hard laborious hours He strove to check the enervating powers That flow unseen into the heart, and foil All sweet desires, and make the soul recoil Into herself, as when in icy showers The tender petals of young opening flowers Shrink from the gusts that ravel them and spoil ; His gaze was on the highest mountain peaks, Where first the light shines when the dawn appears ; Through all vicissitudes he looked above, And looking so, he overlived the freaks Of human follies, conquered human fears, And felt the strength of whom the gods approve. |