Michael Villiers, Idealist And Other Poems. By E. H. Hickey |
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[They had their visions of the perfect State]
They had their visions of the perfect State,
Large Plato wisdom-lipt, and quick-souled More,
And Bacon, who knew the spell whereby to soar
From knowledge into power; the good, the great,
The sons of many an age, early and late,
Have dreamed their dreams, and gone to seek the store
Their dreams had shadowed, on some unknown shore.
Where sight on faith, where good on hope may wait.
Large Plato wisdom-lipt, and quick-souled More,
And Bacon, who knew the spell whereby to soar
From knowledge into power; the good, the great,
The sons of many an age, early and late,
Have dreamed their dreams, and gone to seek the store
Their dreams had shadowed, on some unknown shore.
Where sight on faith, where good on hope may wait.
Not with their dreams content, nor satisfied
With visions of their visions, glimpses caught
Reflected from the glory of their thought;
The greater we, because they lived and died,
We seek the Ideal too, that will not hide
Her face for aye when Love and Truth have sought.
With visions of their visions, glimpses caught
Reflected from the glory of their thought;
The greater we, because they lived and died,
We seek the Ideal too, that will not hide
Her face for aye when Love and Truth have sought.
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