Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Thought!—but thou hast an Eagle-shaming wing!]
Thought!—but thou hast an Eagle-shaming wing!Thought! be my Life!—I will but live in thee;
And whatsoe'er I list I then can be;
For thou alone art crowned, throned, scepter'd King
Of all we know or see—the invisible thing
That now drinks at the Sun's red heart, and free,
Lightens up all the Heavens!—now seems to flee
From light and life, and Joy and Hope's proud spring,
To rend a cloudy way through Eldest night,
To rake the old Darkness for all treasures deep—
That never yet have been brought forth to light;
(For though he gives up thousand Worlds—to keep
Dread secrets—mysteries still!—is his proud right!)—
Thought! be my Life!—my Soul in triumph steep.
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