Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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STRONGFEELING.
'Tis well on some one Point to feel both deep--Ly And intensely — but take first good Heed
What that point be. Strong Feeling is the Seed
Of all true Action; if thy Feelings sleep,
Then thou art as the Dead. Now wouldst thou reap
A Harvest from thy Feelings rich indeed,
Wouldst thou from all vain Hopes and Fears be freed,
Which paralyze thine Action, and make steep
And hard the Path of Virtue, then I say,
Feel deeply, but upon Eternal Things
Alone! then will thy Thoughts be like strong Wings
To lift thee from this Earth — thus day by Day
Wilt thou grow calm, for the Eternal brings
With it still its own Changelessness; for aye
To its own Nature turning all beneath its Sway!
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