Mundi et Cordis De Rebus Sempiternis et Temporariis: Carmina. Poems and Sonnets. By Thomas Wade |
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XXI. OUR LIFE.
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As in a shadowy visionDo we walk the earth,
In this brief transition
Into death, from birth.
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We live, or dream—and ponderOn all things around us;
Till the gathering wonder
Deepens to confound us.
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In vain we strive to waken,And to feel that all is real;
By that effort wrung and shaken,
We relapse to the ideal:
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Till the sleep of life is past,And its visions are departed;
And we wake in death, at last,
To a being clearer-hearted.
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