Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Pass on and persevere!—pass calmly on—]
Pass on and persevere!—pass calmly on—Addressed to thy high task; nor hope nor fear
Man's frown or smile!—Oh! nobly persevere,
And lay thy labour's fruit at the dread Throne
Of that Omnipotence to whom alone
They're dedicate in deep devotion—here
High, high o'er ethered space—o'er systemed sphere—
Thy Heaven-ward Hope, the Seraph-plumed, hath flown,
Yet with humility and lowly trust,
(Source of all strength—true spring of all success!)
Thou'rt surely girt to atchieve thy task august;
For it may prosper but as Heaven shall bless!—
Our deeds and darings, tend like us to dust,
And need most help when most, upreared in loftiness!
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