Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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EVIL OF SUSPICIONS.
Oft, oft have I been cheated — often tooRepaid with Injuries for Good — yet still
I trust my Fellows nottheless, untill
Deceived again, thus ever will I do.
Of those chief Goods of Soul, the being true
To onesownself, the Singleness of Will
And Heart, the living ever as if Ill
Were not in this fair world, thus keeping new
The unsuspecting Heart of Infancy,
The open Brow, fresh Feelings and clear Eye,
The Maintenance of these I say, is worth
In my Esteem, all, all the Gold of Earth!
And for what should we make a Sacrifice,
If not for our own «Souls»? He, He is wise
Alone, who deems all Loss as nought to this,
For where the Soul is Godlike, no Loss is!
But to live in Suspicions vile and low,
This is to soil the Soul till no more so.
And to suspect all men, is to degrade
Mankind, and thyself with it! to which no,
No Ill should e'er a noble mind persuade!
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