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XVIII.
STILL SWEETER THINGS
Although the flower of fancy is most sweet,
There are still better sweeter things to come,—
The beauty of a rose in perfect bloom;
Not fancied, real; not partial, complete.
Passion, made fact, transcends the ideal heat
Of passion,—as one summer day's perfume
Of countless flowers could utterly consume
Spring-scents of months, not in themselves unmeet.
There are still better sweeter things to come,—
The beauty of a rose in perfect bloom;
Not fancied, real; not partial, complete.
Passion, made fact, transcends the ideal heat
Of passion,—as one summer day's perfume
Of countless flowers could utterly consume
Spring-scents of months, not in themselves unmeet.
Beyond the glorious dream I see the fact
More glorious,—mark the joy more glorious still
Than any sweet hope falling short of act,
With nought to lift it but the dreamer's will,—
And that too often pained, distorted, racked
By suffering,—towards the heaven it fails to fill.
More glorious,—mark the joy more glorious still
Than any sweet hope falling short of act,
With nought to lift it but the dreamer's will,—
And that too often pained, distorted, racked
By suffering,—towards the heaven it fails to fill.
1876.
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