Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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ON LOWAIMED PEOPLE. |
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ON LOWAIMED PEOPLE.
Meansoul'd! to talk thus of a Familyname;Can such an object fill the ample Eye
Of Wisdom, or of pure Humanity?
Can Life's wide Sphere afford no worthier Aim?
Canst thou not make thy Heart one and the same
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And holy Things, which beats eternally
In Nature's Bosom? then will a pure Flame
Burn up upon thy household Hearth, as 'twere
An Altar of Humanity, and so
It would be; but if thou wilt take no Share
In what concerns Mankind, then art thou no
Member thereof, a Branch that will not bear,
To which no Sap from the great Heart can flow,
And which enjoys not its own Life too, for
The Part lives by the Whole, such Nature's sublime Law!
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