The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes |
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XIX.
And, Wordsworth, yet, thy soul, in good-abounding,Will brim a world-wide cup, with purest good,
And be to sever'd lands a saviour flood,
(Not the loud-sounding, but the ever-sounding!)
With wafted blessings lonest isles surrounding:
The gentle ripple, and its low, sad wind,
Have found materials which the wise shall find
Broad cities of the just on all shores founding.
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“With its foundations laid beneath the grave!”
And safe the bud which thou “with dewdrops shieldest!”
Then, hymn not thou pomp's pagan-priests and stalls;
Doom'd statecraft's doom'd religion of stone walls!
Such things are cold dead rubbish, “where thou buildest.”
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