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MENTAL SOLITUDE. |
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VIII.
MENTAL SOLITUDE.
There is a solitude the mind creates,A solitude, of holy thought, profound—
Alone, save there the “Soul's Ideal” waits,
It maketh to itself a hallowed ground.
Lo! the proud eagle when he highest soars,
Leaves the dim earth and shadows far behind—
Alone, the thunder cloud around him roars,
And the reft pinion flutters in the wind—
Alone, he soars where higher regions sleep,
And the calm ether owns nor storm nor cloud—
And thus the soul its upward way must keep,
And leave behind the tempest ringing loud—
Alone, to God bear up its heavy weight
Of human hope and fear, nor feel “all desolate.”
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