Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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ON ESTEEMING THE ETERNAL ONLY. |
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ON ESTEEMING THE ETERNAL ONLY.
Hast thou e'er asked thyself if it can beWise to lay much Stress upon Things which are
But accidental, which scarce reach so far
As the mere outward Attributes which we
Attach unto them? learn thou then to see
With the Immortal's Eyes: live as a Star
'Mong Stars, which strive not about Place, nor war
For Precedence, too busy with what the
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And oh! how happy were it for Men too
Would they but do the same! each occupied
With being simply «Man,» each helping true
His Brethren: all Distinctions set aside
Which serve Man's inborn Dignity to hide:
Each seeming in his Fellow's Eyes, as to
God's own, an Equal: neither great nor small,
But Children of the one great Father all!
And surely then that Man is little wise
Who makes Distinctions which God's self denies!
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