Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
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A NEW ACT OF THE LIFE-DRAMA. |
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A NEW ACT OF THE LIFE-DRAMA.
When this old World shook as with ague-fit,Its mighty framework and compacted form
Was rent and riven, like ship in a storm.
Dim fear of Change perplexèd Human wit,
And the World's magic-glass reflected it
In forecast shadows; and their fatal term
Old worn-out Faiths, gnawed out at heart by worm
Of Doubt and Change, had reached, when God saw fit:
There went a loud wail over sea and land,
As Nature were in throes of Birth and Death
Co-instant; Time did listen but not stand;
“Great Pan is dead,” all Nature languisheth!
Lo! now through all again there goes God's breath
Of Change, and Life and Death are hand to hand!
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