Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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SELFGREATNESS.
The Beggarsstaff has oft a wider swayThan the kingssceptre! vaster Empire far,
Far nobler subjects—his own thoughts, which are
Best ministers of Good from Day to day!
Content, He forms no fretting wish to stray
Beyond his destined Sphere, where, like a star,
His soul moves calm and still, above the war
Of Earth's vain cares, on its Eternal way.
Till thus become a Spirit, Spirits wait
Upon him, ever round thaut viewless throne
Which He, on Passions earlytaught to own
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Wherein Celestial Powers have sway alone;
The Lord of his own Soul is truly great!
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