But loose him, and man lies groaning, and women and children wail.
O mighty creature of commerce! That bringest the world its bread,
And bearest the journeying peoples with limbs of thunder and dread,
To thee my life is committed, and safely let me be sped!
Thou steed of fire and of iron, that bearest me on my way,
Is life or death in thy destined course, is rapture or sorrow—say?
O Christ of God, hold the driving-rod, and mount this steed to-day!
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Power from God—See [Springs from God].
POWER IN SELF-REPRESSION