The Poetical Works of George Barlow In Ten [Eleven] Volumes |
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WOMAN, AND GENIUS
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WOMAN, AND GENIUS
Not genius, genius needs.
The fiery touch of genius would exhaust
Genius; 'twas Margaret who conquered Faust.
Where genius fails, the simpler heart succeeds.
The fiery touch of genius would exhaust
Genius; 'twas Margaret who conquered Faust.
Where genius fails, the simpler heart succeeds.
The heart that saves the heart
Wherethrough the wild poetic fire-throbs beat
Is not the heart wherethrough likewise there fleet
Strange fevering dreams of life, and dreams of Art.
Wherethrough the wild poetic fire-throbs beat
Is not the heart wherethrough likewise there fleet
Strange fevering dreams of life, and dreams of Art.
The heart that saves is this—
The heart that represents in simplest guise
Woman. God's light must shine within her eyes;
God's love must hallow her undoubting kiss.
The heart that represents in simplest guise
Woman. God's light must shine within her eyes;
God's love must hallow her undoubting kiss.
The simplest singlest heart,
This saves the poet,—not the complex brain,
But woman; simply she; and she again.
She, being herself, transcends all heights of Art.
This saves the poet,—not the complex brain,
But woman; simply she; and she again.
She, being herself, transcends all heights of Art.
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