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XXV.
“Novissimâ in luce desideravere aliquid oculi tui
.”
Tac. Agric. 45.
More than he meant his sorrows spoke,—
Of one 'neath death's bereaving stroke
Whose eyes in love's last longings stray
To seek those dearer far away.
Of one 'neath death's bereaving stroke
Whose eyes in love's last longings stray
To seek those dearer far away.
From all it sees the mind will turn
For something unbeheld to yearn,
Familiar objects all explore,
Then seem to ask for something more.
For something unbeheld to yearn,
Familiar objects all explore,
Then seem to ask for something more.
“The eye is not satisfied with seeing.”
Eccl. i. 8.
The infant's and the old man's gaze,
And eyes death's shadow overlays,
Seem looking into vacancy,
As seeking those man cannot see.
And eyes death's shadow overlays,
Seem looking into vacancy,
As seeking those man cannot see.
Each human heart, each human sense
Search all they can embrace, and thence
Turns to its God the aching breast,
In Whom Alone the soul can rest.
Search all they can embrace, and thence
Turns to its God the aching breast,
In Whom Alone the soul can rest.
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