Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
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AN ALLEGORY OF SCEPTICISM AND ITS
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AN ALLEGORY OF SCEPTICISM AND ITS EFFECTS.
How faint the outlines grow, how dim the hues!The “high-lights” of the glorious cartoon
Are blurr'd; foreground, perspective, out of tune;
No breadth, no atmosphere, no far-drawn views,
Where Earth's horizons heavenly lights suffuse!
No heights, where raised Humanity may prune
Her ruffled wings, and Heaven importune,
Till Faith, to angel turned, her flight pursues!
O God! how poor upon the foreground show
The figures that erewhile loomed out so grand;
That seemed like demi-gods to come and go!
While, forms sublime! took Faith and Hope their stand
Beside the gloomy gate, and lit it so,
It seemed two angels led Man by the hand!
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