My Mind and its Thoughts, in Sketches, Fragments, and Essays | ||
LINES IMPROMPTU,
UPON HEARING AN ELEVATED INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED OF PRIDE, &c. &c.
I love to hear the grovelling mind,
Thy proud unyielding spirit blame,
Where genius, to itself confined,
Disdains the vulgar walks of fame:
Thy proud unyielding spirit blame,
Where genius, to itself confined,
Disdains the vulgar walks of fame:
But more I love the social scene,
Where as thy haughty virtues bend,
In silent eloquence serene,
The powers of gentleness descend.
Where as thy haughty virtues bend,
In silent eloquence serene,
The powers of gentleness descend.
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Most loved, when from thy mental height,
Thou deign'st with lowly voice to cheer
The heart that trembles at thy sight,
And timid, greets thee with a tear!
Thou deign'st with lowly voice to cheer
The heart that trembles at thy sight,
And timid, greets thee with a tear!
Even thus the picturing artist throws
O'er the strong lines which nature gives,
That softening shade, whose touch bestows,
The grace that speaks, the charm that lives.
O'er the strong lines which nature gives,
That softening shade, whose touch bestows,
The grace that speaks, the charm that lives.
My Mind and its Thoughts, in Sketches, Fragments, and Essays | ||