Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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THE WISEMAN CANNOT BE IMPOVERISHED. |
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THE WISEMAN CANNOT BE IMPOVERISHED.
Talk not of Loss! the Wiseman can lose noughtSolong as he is himself! nay, the more
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Which weak minds bow, the more his Soul is taught
That Wealth alone is during which is wrought
From his own Bosom's Mine of divine Ore;
The more he is himself, the richer Store
Springs from the native Soil of his own Thought!
'Tis but when forced into ourselves that we
Find and become the Godlike we should be;
Then no more upon Fortune's brittle Reed,
Shaken by every Breath, we lean, but free
And fearless, with Faith's steady staff proceed,
Which bears us up secure in Life's worst Need!
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