Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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TRUE REFORM. |
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TRUE REFORM.
If ye can change men's Thoughts; if inwardlyYe alter them, then shortly will ye see,
(As when the new Sap rises in the Tree),
The outward Features of Society,
Change of themselves, and unavoidably.
There is the viewless Spirit, which should be
Like to the Breath of God; which none can see
And yet all feel as still it passes by
Over the Face of Earth— it breathes upon
The Thrones of Tyrants, and behold! they're gone,
Like Dewdrops melted— it glides past their Side,
And at its viewless Presence, in their Pride
They tremble; Lo! their Hearts with sudden Fear
Are struck, and in their mantles would they hide
Their Heads, as tho' some Spectreform did glide
Before them; but it whispers in their Ear,
'Tis God's own Voice, and they perforce must hear!
It breathes upon the Nations, and they wake,
And like a Nightmare, from their Bosoms shake
The Prejudices which are worn and sere!
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