Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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ON A WATERFALL, SEEN FROM A GLENSTREAM, BORN OF THE SAME.
Seest thou yon' far off waterfall, which flows,Yet seems airfixt immoveably? the ear
Its loud, rockshattering foamstep cannot hear,
By Distance spellbound: even so Youth shows
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To that calm Mood from which nor Hope nor Fear
Of passing Nothings claim one tributary Tear!
Youth's noisy moments, Fancy's selfsought woes,
The World's vain temptings, loudvoiced promises,
Seen thro' the Vista of departed days,
Are like yon' waterfall; while at a wise
And sober distance, thro' the soothing ways
Of selfcontent, Life's now calm stream supplies
With quiet Strength all that around it lies,
Like this sweet brook, tho' born of yon' wild Cataract's sprays!
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