Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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ON OBTAINING THINGS BY GENTLE MEANS. |
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ON OBTAINING THINGS BY GENTLE MEANS.
Seek nothing thro' brute Force, when thou canst byLove win it—if not, let it go, and nought
Will be lost, be assured. The Good you thought
To find, would be no more so, for in thy
Own Soul, its whole worth lies; and foolishly,
Thou vexest, troublest that, for the Thing Sought,
The great Good for the less! and how can aught
Divine, impart its own Sublimity
Unto the Soul, when our own Feelings grow
Distuned by Strife? and besides these is no
Medium for Godlike Things; but that wihch we
Obtain by Love, tho' little worth it be,
Brings this chief Good with it; it puts the Soul
In Harmony with itself, and this Whole,
This lovely Whole, and does so thro' our own
Best Feelings; and if it did this alone,
Methinks the greatest Good of all Earths' Store,
Gained otherwise, could not enrich us more;
Nor half so much; for what we feel, that is
Real wealth; and Love, however caused is Bliss,
In itself perfect, and who can have more than this?
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