Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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THE GODLIKE.
The World rewards thee after its own KindWith that which it sets Store by, but thereon
When thou wouldst lean, lo! like a Breath 'tis gone!
But God rewards thee still thro' thy own Mind,
Thy Heart and Feelings: what way could he find,
But this, to make thy Spirit feel his Own?
Then keep this Medium everfree, that none
But godlike Things may thy Affections bind,
Sublimed by such Communion: if thou
Thus keep'st thy Mind and Feelings godlike, how
Can aught that this World offers seem to thee
A fit Reward for what thou dost? if now
The Godlike be of God, then it must be
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And where then wouldst thou seek the Godlike save
In thy own Heart?—and this the Poorest have!
A Godlike Recompense for Godlike Deeds
It then in all Men's Reach: and he who needs
Another Recompense besides, has done
Naught Godlike, sought the Servant's Hire alone!
And therefore in Return for what he gave,
Receives not Feeling's boundless Recompense,
But the mere strict Amount, in Pounds and Pence!
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