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The eye must catch the point that shows
The pensile dew-drop's twinkling gleam,
Where on the trembling blade it glows,
Or hueless hangs the liquid gem.
The pensile dew-drop's twinkling gleam,
Where on the trembling blade it glows,
Or hueless hangs the liquid gem.
Thus do some minds unmark'd appear
By aught that's generous or divine,
Unless we view them in the sphere
Where with their fullest light they shine.
By aught that's generous or divine,
Unless we view them in the sphere
Where with their fullest light they shine.
Occasion—circumstance—give birth
To charms that else unheeded lie,
And call the latent virtues forth
To break upon the wond'ring eye.
To charms that else unheeded lie,
And call the latent virtues forth
To break upon the wond'ring eye.
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E'en he your censure has enroll'd
So rashly with the cold and dull,
Waits but occasion to unfold
An ardour and a force of soul.
So rashly with the cold and dull,
Waits but occasion to unfold
An ardour and a force of soul.
Go then, impetuous youth, deny
The presence of the orb of day,
Because November's cloudy sky
Transmits not his resplendent ray.
The presence of the orb of day,
Because November's cloudy sky
Transmits not his resplendent ray.
Time, and the passing throng of things,
Full well the mould of minds betray,
And each a clearer prospect brings:—
Suspend thy judgment for a day.
Full well the mould of minds betray,
And each a clearer prospect brings:—
Suspend thy judgment for a day.
C. T.
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