Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Great, World of Nature and of Human Life!]
Great, World of Nature and of Human Life!A two-fold World, indeed!—one uniform
And most harmonious!—and a self-lashed Storm
The other!—preying on increase of strife,
With every growth, of every discord rife!
Where shapes of shadowy terror ever swarm!
Where Passion's Sun strokes—shine to scorch, not warm,
And Destiny digs Heart-deep with edged knife,
And Selfishness and Malice darkly plot
Together, and a hideous council call
To effect their deadly ends, repenting not
Till each is as the Enemy of all!
Nature! thy world seems glorious—without blot,
Compared with that where still, Hate's serpent-demons crawl!
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