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SWEET PASSIONATE SPIRIT.
Spirit thou art—yet not beyond the reach
Of passion—yea, more passionate because
Not bound nor subject to dull earthly laws,
Nor limited by earthly feeble speech.
Sweet passionate spirit! in my song I teach
The great grand truth that spirit-high desire
To earthly longing is as potent fire
To smouldering flame—that death transfigures each.
Of passion—yea, more passionate because
Not bound nor subject to dull earthly laws,
Nor limited by earthly feeble speech.
Sweet passionate spirit! in my song I teach
The great grand truth that spirit-high desire
To earthly longing is as potent fire
To smouldering flame—that death transfigures each.
Oh, Gertrude, just because thou art a saint,
A disembodied spirit, a queen indeed,
With love of thy dear soul I yearn, I faint,
My feet upon the flints, pursuing, bleed—
Sweet loving spirit! from heaven I bring thee down,
To aid my labour, and bestow its crown!
A disembodied spirit, a queen indeed,
With love of thy dear soul I yearn, I faint,
My feet upon the flints, pursuing, bleed—
Sweet loving spirit! from heaven I bring thee down,
To aid my labour, and bestow its crown!
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