You Wonder Whether Fate Is Accidental

Music: Fugue K058
By Domenico Scarlatti. Performed by John Sankey at Kunst der Fuge.

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You wonder whether fate is accidental, Or whether this one day a harrowed heart Might make some difference to a willing God, Knowing well that faith is more than mental. In fact, you know quite well that you don't know Precisely why you're here, or why today, Perhaps most out of loyalty, you pray, Unwilling to let long-loved labors go, Reciting with true grace the ancient part.