Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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WONDERWORKING. |
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WONDERWORKING.
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Oh Fool! He who has heartfelt Faith indeed,Asks for no miracles! He knows too well,
All round and in him is a miracle,
From Stars and Sun, down to the Mustardseed!
The Man who asks for Miracles, has need
Of one, the greatest of them all, a spell
To open eyes and ears and—heart; then he'll
Behold the miracles he seeks for, spread
Thicker than stars by night—with all that lies
Around her, yea, with most familiar things
Faith works her wonders; could she not comprize
Within the span of her outstretched wings,
An Empire vast as that above the skies,
Then were my words, but vain Imaginings!
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The wiseman can work wonders! yea, he can,28
Can transform Time into Eternity,
Compress the Boundless into Life's brief Span,
And wake the slumbering Angel in the Man,
All-save the wings! nay, these too; Thoughts supply
Their place-for with his thoughts a man can fly
Eén to Godsthrone, where neither Sight may scan,
Nor wing dare follow! Miracles are wrought
The most, the best, with our own Thoughts, which are
Like bands of Angels, ready to do aught
We bid them! yea! like spirits, when welltaught,
They serve us; and o'er them God's sway we share
O'er Angels, being like him allmighty there;
And as to him by Angels, so is brought
Us by our Thoughts, all that we wished and sought!
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