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... mind . Remember this : first scan thy heart sincerely To know if thou be constant , true and pure ; Thy virtues fail not thou to test austerely , Make trial stern of what they may endure . Mortality hath no more arduous station Than is ...
... mind . Remember this : first scan thy heart sincerely To know if thou be constant , true and pure ; Thy virtues fail not thou to test austerely , Make trial stern of what they may endure . Mortality hath no more arduous station Than is ...
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... his high estate degraded , What is he now ? base , barbarous and blind . Age after age the rays have slowly faded That once spontaneous beamed in his mind . For him thus fallen a Redeemer dying , O love 16 RELIGIO POETE .
... his high estate degraded , What is he now ? base , barbarous and blind . Age after age the rays have slowly faded That once spontaneous beamed in his mind . For him thus fallen a Redeemer dying , O love 16 RELIGIO POETE .
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... mind before unknown ; For the true source of all high inspiration Flows from the foot of God's eternal throne . Then with the sacred harp go forth inspiring The ideal pure of truth , beauty or right : Or with shrill trump heroic spirits ...
... mind before unknown ; For the true source of all high inspiration Flows from the foot of God's eternal throne . Then with the sacred harp go forth inspiring The ideal pure of truth , beauty or right : Or with shrill trump heroic spirits ...
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... mind from matter Marks to our ken irrevocably past- These things crush in an instant , break and shatter Our souls and with strange woe our natures blast . But even in that hour of deep dejection That bows the mightiest grovelling to ...
... mind from matter Marks to our ken irrevocably past- These things crush in an instant , break and shatter Our souls and with strange woe our natures blast . But even in that hour of deep dejection That bows the mightiest grovelling to ...
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... minds , on such vast themes employed , Pierce through the veil that their dread mystery screens ? Let thy soul , baffled by her search abroad , Muse on herself alone and on her God . XXIV . This world is one great battle - field , and ...
... minds , on such vast themes employed , Pierce through the veil that their dread mystery screens ? Let thy soul , baffled by her search abroad , Muse on herself alone and on her God . XXIV . This world is one great battle - field , and ...
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RELIGIO POETAE A TRILOGY Joseph Ed Michard,Henry B. Supposed Author Michard No preview available - 2016 |
RELIGIO POETAE A TRILOGY Joseph Ed Michard,Henry B. Supposed Author Michard No preview available - 2016 |
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Adunque allor angels art thou beauty Behold bitter Blessed brow C'est assez ch'io clouds cometh concord contemplation death deep divine dost doth dream earth Egypt endeavour eternal evermore fable fate Father favole forever gaze glory grief harmony heaven Hebrew holy honour hope human Jerusalem Laissez-moi fuir life's living Lord Lord Bacon lyre meditative mind mortal mountains mourn Muse mystery nature night o'er omai Omnipotent perceive perchance perfect più poem poet poetry Princeton University PROEM può pure rapt rapture RELIGIO POETÆ sacred Samaria seemed shalt silence sing Sogni sonnet sorrow soul spirit stars strange sublime sweet tears tell tempest thee theme thine things thirst thou art thou didst thou hast thought thy heart thyself tracery true truth unto veil virtue vita voice voler wandering wearied Wisdom words worship Wouldst yond καὶ
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Page 99 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 100 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me ; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture...
Page 101 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 100 - And dust is as it should be ; shall I not Feel all I see less dazzling, but more warm ! The bodiless thought ? the spirit of each spot ? Of which, even now, I share at times the immortal lot?
Page 99 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart: As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 100 - Are not the mountains, waves, and skies a part Of me and of my soul, as I of them...
Page 98 - If you do love old men, if your sweet sway Allow obedience, if yourselves are old, Make it your cause ; send down, and take my part...
Page 104 - Tum porro puer, ut saevis proiectus ab undis Navita, nudus humi iacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio, cum primum in luminis oras Nixibus ex alvo matris natura profudit, Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut aecumst Cui tantum in vita restet transire malorum.
Page 97 - Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.
Page 104 - Sogni e favole io fingo; e pure in carte Mentre favole e sogni orno e disegno, In lor, folle ch'io son, prendo tal parte, Che del mal che inventai piango e mi sdegno.