Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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THERE ARE TREASURES. |
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THERE ARE TREASURES.
There are treasures in the Ocean,
Which no human eye hath seen;
There are clear Springs in the Mountain-heights,
Where no mortal foot hath been!
Which no human eye hath seen;
There are clear Springs in the Mountain-heights,
Where no mortal foot hath been!
There are bright stars in the Heavens,
Which no sage hath e'er yet viewed;
There are sweet thoughts in a thousand Hearts—
Where no stranger may intrude!—
Which no sage hath e'er yet viewed;
There are sweet thoughts in a thousand Hearts—
Where no stranger may intrude!—
Oh! but could the unknown be bidden
At once to start to sight—
Could the shrouded be to vision shown,
And the dark be now made light!
At once to start to sight—
Could the shrouded be to vision shown,
And the dark be now made light!
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All the beauties now discovered—
All the splendours now revealed—
Should, in sooth, be e'en as nothing then,
Shamed and driven back from the field!—
All the splendours now revealed—
Should, in sooth, be e'en as nothing then,
Shamed and driven back from the field!—
There are glories in creation
That unveiled have never been—
There are treasures in one human soul—
That surpass all we have seen!
That unveiled have never been—
There are treasures in one human soul—
That surpass all we have seen!
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