Minuscula Lyrics of Nature, Art and Love. By Francis William Bourdillon |
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Were any fain to reach a star,
He would not fashion stairways high,
Seek foot by foot to climb so far,
Or step by step ascend the sky.
He would not fashion stairways high,
Seek foot by foot to climb so far,
Or step by step ascend the sky.
Nay, he would scorn the eagle's wings,
To dare an undiscovered way,
Leap out upon the night's blue rings,
And hail at dawn his wished-for day.
To dare an undiscovered way,
Leap out upon the night's blue rings,
And hail at dawn his wished-for day.
I will not vainly seek to thee
By ladder-steps of wealth or fame,
Till some few feet below me be
The world—thy distance still the same.
By ladder-steps of wealth or fame,
Till some few feet below me be
The world—thy distance still the same.
Love's is an empire larger far
Than land or sea or liquid air.
Though thou wert further than a star,
Love easily should bring me there.
Than land or sea or liquid air.
Though thou wert further than a star,
Love easily should bring me there.
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