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75: O Children Of Negligence! Set Not Your Affections On Mortal Sovereignty

Categories: FROM THE PERSIAN
Sources: The Hidden Words Of Baha'u'llah

O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE! Set not your affections on mortal sovereignty

and rejoice not therein. Ye are even as the unwary bird that with full

confidence warbleth upon the bough; till of a sudden the fowler Death

throws it upon the dust, and the melody, the form and the color are gone,

leaving not a trace. Wherefore take heed, O bondslaves of desire!



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