The Poetry of Real Life A New Edition, Much Enlarged and Improved. By Henry Ellison |
OVER SHARP-SIGHTEDNESS. |
The Poetry of Real Life | ||
OVER SHARP-SIGHTEDNESS.
Oh! woe unto the man, whose keener eyeHath looked too deep beneath the surface: who
Will not take forms for things, nor false for true,
Nor ape and farce it, like the rest, nor buy,
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From persecution; he will live to rue
That he had eyes among the blind, and knew
Too much to be a dupe; what misery
Can equal that man's, who finds nothing here
To fill his heart: who yearns for something more
Than this life offers? he has bought too dear
His knowledge, and has looked at things too near:
And thenceforth seeks in vain the golden lore,
The Alchymy, life's lost charm to restore!
The Poetry of Real Life | ||