Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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LOVE.
The Heart has need of Love, 'tis the pure Air,The vital Air, on which the Spirit lives
And breathes: and all the Honey that it hives,
Like that of the Sardinian Bee, must bear
Some taint of earthly bitterness, if there
Love his diviner Sweets mix not! Heart strives
To blend with Heart, and baffled, but survives
To a dull sense of being, thus to wear
And turn upon itself in agony!
Life stagnates, like a dammed up stream, instead
Of flowing sweetly on, and passes by
Waste, unproductive, like a vile, rank weed.
Man may not live unto himself alone
And not call down a curse: for God has said,
«Increase and multiply»: the Heart must wed
Another Heart, for happiness is won,
E'en as the body's offspring, not from one,
But union of two: and it doth need
Community and intercourse to feed
Its holy flame, which else dies out anon!
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