Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
I, II, III. |
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[Seek'st thou—proud aim!—to wholly reconcile]
Seek'st thou—proud aim!—to wholly reconcileReligion with the orbed Philosophy
Severed on Earth, but single in the Sky?
Good Angels guide thee in thy task the while!
All Heaven upon thy hallowed labours smile!
High is thine object—be thine office high,
Thus marrying Majesty to Majesty!
Antagonizing Faction—dull and vile!—
Shall men not date their Peace of Mind—oft wrecked—
From thine hour's triumph!—the old dim desperate feud,
'Twixt Science and palm'd Revelation checked!
(While each through each shall be more clearly viewed—)
Go forth—give way not to the stubborn-necked!
Crown thy great Work!—and God pronounce it good!
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