<h2><SPAN name="page101"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>DUAL</h2>
<p class="poetry">You say that your nature is double; that
life<br/>
Seems more and more intricate, complex, and dual,<br/>
Because in your bosom there wages the strife<br/>
’Twixt an angel of light and a beast that is
cruel—<br/>
An angel who whispers your spirit has wings,<br/>
And a beast who would chain you to temporal things.</p>
<p class="poetry">I listen with interest to all you have told,<br/>
And now let me give you my view of your trouble:<br/>
You are to be envied, not pitied; I hold<br/>
<i>That every strong nature is always made
double</i>.<br/>
The beast has his purpose; he need not be slain:<br/>
He should serve the good angel in harness and chain.</p>
<p class="poetry">The body that never knows carnal desires,<br/>
The heart that to passion is always a stranger,<br/>
Is merely a furnace with unlighted fires;<br/>
It sends forth no warmth while it threatens no
danger.<br/>
But who wants to shiver in cold safety there?<br/>
<i>Touch flame to the fuel</i>! then watch it with care.</p>
<p class="poetry"><SPAN name="page102"></SPAN><span class="pagenum">p.
102</span>Those wild, fierce emotions that trouble your soul<br/>
Are sparks from the great source of passion and
power;<br/>
Throne reason above them, and give it control,<br/>
And turn into blessing this dangerous dower.<br/>
By lightnings unguided destruction is hurled,<br/>
But chained and directed they gladden the world.</p>
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