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XXXIII.
SAME SUBJECT.
[LIGHT WITHIN.]
And night is full of competence, and bringsA presence to the soul that fills the hour,
Else dark and vacant, with a native power,
Which clothes the common thought with mightiest wings;
And we sail on with fancy, and in pride,
To the dominion which is over earth;
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And fill the teeming echoes with rare mirth,—
Hopes born of best affections—loving dreams,
That have no taint;—passions that still delight
In excellence, and virtue's better themes;—
That make all life one starlight to the sight—
A realm of sweet re-union with the blest,
Who leave their own to hallow thus our rest.
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