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DOUBT
Oh that we too, above this earthly jar
One clear command obeying, we too might
Our path preordinate direct aright,
Moving in music where the planets are;
Or motionless like to a fixèd star
Might wait and watch above this weary night
The far-off coming of the morning light,
His feet upon the eastern hills afar.
One clear command obeying, we too might
Our path preordinate direct aright,
Moving in music where the planets are;
Or motionless like to a fixèd star
Might wait and watch above this weary night
The far-off coming of the morning light,
His feet upon the eastern hills afar.
Alas, alas! bewildered, desolate,
A horror of thick darkness wraps us round;
And some sit sadly down, and weep, and wait,
And some fall headlong in the gulf profound,
And some creep on by their own torches' blaze:—
O sun, shine forth, as in the ancient days!
A horror of thick darkness wraps us round;
And some sit sadly down, and weep, and wait,
And some fall headlong in the gulf profound,
And some creep on by their own torches' blaze:—
O sun, shine forth, as in the ancient days!
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