Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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LIFE. |
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LIFE.
Is it not written that man's portion hereMust be of good and ill, a sojourning
As in a Passageland, where everything
That this life offers him must wither, sere
As Autumnleaves? well were it if the tear
Where shed alone, a holy offering,
O'er nobler losses; but alas! we cling
Unto the fleeting Moment, as it were
A rock of Safety in Time's troublous sea.
Wouldst thou be happy, then submit the Shows
Of this vain life to the Supremacy
Of Faith, who can transfigure e'en the throes
Of the emprisoned Essence, 'till it be
Sublimed and strengthened by its very woes!
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