The Christian Scholar By the Author of "The Cathedral" [i.e. Isaac Williams] |
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All the world is varied madness,
With a healthful cheerful sadness,
Better than light-hearted gladness,
With a sorrow that doth please
Cleanse the heart, Simonides!
With a healthful cheerful sadness,
Better than light-hearted gladness,
With a sorrow that doth please
Cleanse the heart, Simonides!
Better than the worldling's treasure,
And the lightly-flowing measure,
Or deceitfulness of pleasure,
There must be an undersound,
And a sadness more profound.
And the lightly-flowing measure,
Or deceitfulness of pleasure,
There must be an undersound,
And a sadness more profound.
Deeper the foundation lieth
Than the worldly heart that sigheth;
In a soul that inly crieth,
Hopeful from a deep despair,
Is the life that is a prayer.
Than the worldly heart that sigheth;
In a soul that inly crieth,
Hopeful from a deep despair,
Is the life that is a prayer.
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