Mundi et Cordis De Rebus Sempiternis et Temporariis: Carmina. Poems and Sonnets. By Thomas Wade |
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XX. THE SORROW OF MIRTH.
Oh! anything but that unfeeling mirth,Those heartless snatches of unmeaning song!
It is assumption merely, and hath birth
In deepest sadness; and the effort's need
That galls my spirit with indifference seeming,
In its re-action will but prove more strong
The chain that is around thee: let us weed
Our hearts of briars, and leave one sweet flower
To drink the dews of love and the bright beaming
Of thought's internal joy! Shall every shower
That will pour down from life's still-changing sky
Make the rich blossom veil its peerless eye
And stoop its nectar'd beauty to the sod?
Then must it wither soon; and to dull earth be trod!
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