Life and Literary Remains of L. E. L. by Laman Blanchard. In Two Volumes |
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INFLUENCE OF POETRY |
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INFLUENCE OF POETRY
This is the charm of poetry: it comesOn sad perturbed moments; and its thoughts,
Like pearls amid the troubled waters, gleam.
That which we garnered in our eager youth,
Becomes a long delight in after years:
The mind is strengthened and the heart refreshed
By some old memory of gifted words,
That bring sweet feelings, answering to our own.
Or dreams that waken some more lofty mood
Than dwelleth with the common-place of life.
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