Madeline With other poems and parables: By Thomas Gordon Hake |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
XIV. |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
XIV. |
XV. |
XVI. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XIX. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXV. |
XXVI. |
XXVII. |
XXVIII. |
XXIX. |
XXX. |
XXXI. |
XXXII. |
XXXIII. |
XXXIV. |
XXXV. |
XXXVI. |
XXXVII. |
XXXVIII. |
XXXIX. |
XL. |
XLI. |
XLII. |
XLIII. |
XLIV. |
XLV. |
XLVI. |
XLVII. |
XLVIII. |
XLIX. |
L. |
LI. |
LII. | LII.
ON REMORSE. |
LIII. |
LIV. |
LV. |
LVI. |
LVII. |
LVIII. |
LIX. |
LX. |
LXI. |
LXII. |
LXIII. |
LXIV. |
LXV. |
Madeline | ||
262
LII. ON REMORSE.
Unholy ghost, in thee remorse
Acts leisurely its part;
By steady unremitting force
It makes thee what thou art.
The coil of life shall it unwind,
The days it has to last;
Let loose the torments of the mind,
And bind them to the past.
The hour of death, the hour of doom,
These from thy presence flit;
No morrow's thought can break the gloom
Where sharp remorse has bit.
Acts leisurely its part;
By steady unremitting force
It makes thee what thou art.
The coil of life shall it unwind,
The days it has to last;
Let loose the torments of the mind,
And bind them to the past.
The hour of death, the hour of doom,
These from thy presence flit;
No morrow's thought can break the gloom
Where sharp remorse has bit.
Shallow the crime thy heart decreed,
And easy to embark;
But to thy eyes, that saw the deed,
Inscrutable and dark.
Thy hand, which set the blood to flow,
Did not a moment wince:
Thy hand which aimed the cruel blow
Has struck it ever since.
Thy soul no novel pang can brand;
No other threads thy sight:
Scarce hell itself is seen at hand
A passage to invite.
And easy to embark;
But to thy eyes, that saw the deed,
Inscrutable and dark.
263
Did not a moment wince:
Thy hand which aimed the cruel blow
Has struck it ever since.
Thy soul no novel pang can brand;
No other threads thy sight:
Scarce hell itself is seen at hand
A passage to invite.
Madeline | ||