The Fancy A Selection from the Poetical Remains of the late Peter Corcoran, of Gray's Inn, Student at Law. With a brief memoir of his life [by J. H. Reynolds] |
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[I once had thought to have embalm'd my name]
I once had thought to have embalm'd my nameWith Poesy:—to have serv'd the gentle Muses
With high sincerity:—but Fate refuses,
And I am now become most strangely tame,
And careless what becomes of Glory's game—
Who strives—who wins the wondrous prize—who loses!
Not that the heavy world my spirit bruises;
But I have not the heart to rush at Fame.
Magnificent and mental images
Have visited me oftentimes, and given
My mind to proud delights—but now it sees
Those visions going like the lights of even:
All intellectual grandeur dimly flees,—
And I am quiet at the stars of heaven!
P. C.
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