Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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ON PURELIVING. |
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ON PURELIVING.
Oh live this Life as a Foresabbath toThe long, calm Sabbath of Eternity,
And ever in Imagination's Eye
Let this fair World, domed by the Heavensblue,
Be but as a Foretemple, Forecourt, thro'
Which thou must pass to reach the Sanctuary,
Unto the Holy of all Holies, nigh
The inmost Shrine, to spiritual View
Revealing the One God! when holy Death,
Sole Porter at the Gates of Paradise,
Shall let thee in—live pure then, draw the Breath
Of daily Life like Incense for the Skies:
And let thy Thoughts be innocent as are
The Flowers of the Field, without Disguise!
Tho' clothed with Beauty, they show forth not their,
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Go! let thy Life like Testimony bear!
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