Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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A TRANCE OF THOUGHT. |
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A TRANCE OF THOUGHT.
In that trance did my soul and the universe seem
E'en triumphantly—gloriously One,
'Twas my Soul was the Air, and the Earth, and the Sky,
The Heavens, and the Stars, and the Sun.
E'en triumphantly—gloriously One,
'Twas my Soul was the Air, and the Earth, and the Sky,
The Heavens, and the Stars, and the Sun.
Or it saw itself brightly reflected therein,
Till it cried, “Ha! Ha! am I so great?
I may put on my strength, then, and mock thee, stern Time,
And mock thee, bleak Death—and thee, Fate!—
Till it cried, “Ha! Ha! am I so great?
I may put on my strength, then, and mock thee, stern Time,
And mock thee, bleak Death—and thee, Fate!—
“For mine outlines majestic I proudly may trace,
On this Earth—and the Heavens far above;
And I know their reflection yet loftier must be
In the deep of the Fathomless Love!”
On this Earth—and the Heavens far above;
And I know their reflection yet loftier must be
In the deep of the Fathomless Love!”
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I may mock thee, dull Destiny!—mock thee,—dark, Death!
For myself I am mightier than all—
And my Shadow shall yet lend the Universe light,
When around me in ruins it fall.
For myself I am mightier than all—
And my Shadow shall yet lend the Universe light,
When around me in ruins it fall.
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