Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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FAITH. |
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FAITH.
Yes, I will have sweet Visions: I will beA child in soul, that still my eye and ear
An ample heritage of Joy may cheer:
Still shall the World be clothed with Poesy,
As with a Garment: dull Philosophy
Shall not explain away one note I hear
Of Echo's mystic voice, sent chiming clear
From the deepcaverned crags: from doubt still free,
By Faith I'll realize what else is naught
But idle sound: as in the days of yore,
With lofty Impulse shall that voice be fraught,
And admonitions to the passing hour:
Still shall a miracle for me be wrought
By Weekdaymeans, for such is Faith's high power!
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