What Did Want

What did want what did desire
What did dream what did aspire
Now it fears now it disdains
That which freed now it chains.
From God or Devil was it sent
This I, this self, this consciousness ?
Is it earthen or astral ray ?
Is it for joy or for dismay ?
It runs for pleasure runs from pain
Hides from duty hides from blame
And yet it stands at the most unlikely hour
Is it weakness or is it power ?

Oh what wants?   Oh what desires?
Oh what dreams?  Oh what aspires?
Oh what fears?  Oh what repents?
Oh what is this consiousness?

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