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ART AND RELIGION IN
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ART AND RELIGION IN CAMBRIDGE, 1874-78
Rock me to sleep! mine eyes have seen
Conflicting shades of blue and green!
Creator of each subtle sense—
God, Harmony Divine!
What agonies acute, intense,
Are his who thro' life's long suspense
Aspires to taste Divine!
Conflicting shades of blue and green!
Creator of each subtle sense—
God, Harmony Divine!
What agonies acute, intense,
Are his who thro' life's long suspense
Aspires to taste Divine!
Rock me to sleep! the True, the Chaste,
The Beautiful, the Good,—
All these, with fretting haste,
By man uncultured, boorish, rude,
Are eagerly pursued,
Whilst Thy great gift, the sense of Taste,
Lies neglected, unpursued.
The Beautiful, the Good,—
All these, with fretting haste,
By man uncultured, boorish, rude,
Are eagerly pursued,
Whilst Thy great gift, the sense of Taste,
Lies neglected, unpursued.
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Rock me to sleep! take, take away
Thy servant's sense of sight!
Till earth again, in Thine own day,
Becomes a ‘harmony in gray’—
Take me to Thee: Let angels lay
On aching eyeballs, Night.
Thy servant's sense of sight!
Till earth again, in Thine own day,
Becomes a ‘harmony in gray’—
Take me to Thee: Let angels lay
On aching eyeballs, Night.
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