Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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HOW TO ENJOY THE WHOLE. |
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HOW TO ENJOY THE WHOLE.
If thou art all that God can be in Man,Then thou art what the whole must be in one,
Then feel it so, for in thyself alone
Canst thou enjoy the whole— the widest span
Of outward Power, yields thee far less than
Thy least Thought, and till o'er these thou hast won
Dominion, over outward Things is none!
And having once acquired this, what can
Mere outward Things add to thee? this great whole,
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For is not God the whole? and dwells not He
Eternally, as thy ownself, in thee?
Then feel and be thyself, thus will thy Mind
All other Goods summed in its ownself find;
Whereas the highest outward Blessing is
Still but a Part, and the least Part of this,
This inward Good, which— thou thyself must be!
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