Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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LIFE.
How often, seated in my Armchair, byThe Fireside, with, save its fitful Blaze,
No other Light, have I mused o'er the Ways
Of God, as they have been revealed in my
Own Life, for 'tis this Revelation I
Have drawn most Comfort from, this to the Maze
Has lent a Clue— our own Heart is the Place
Where we may best consult him: evernigh
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And if we but do or forego what it
Bids or forbids, our Feet will seldom fall
Into the Snare— what other Men have writ
Instructs us: but the Comment best of all,
For us, is that of our own Hearts— when lit
By their Light, then the perplexed Page grows clear,
For none can tell us what we are or were!
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