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TO LADY MOUNT TEMPLE |
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TO LADY MOUNT TEMPLE
State mixt with sweetness; all things chosen and fairOne aim subserving, swayed in one consent;
The fountain's glory with the sunshine's blent;
Silence, and Eden's spring-tide in the air;—
Yet 'mid all these a yearning guardian care
Continually on earth's waste places sent;
High hearts joy-brimmed, nor yet with joy content
Were aught unsoothed which saddest hearts may bear.—
Is this thine earthly house or heavenly goal,
Lady, which these poor words to paint have striven?
Nay, both; no vampires of the world control
That spirit's way to whom such wings are given;
The soul's own Prayer is answer for the soul;
Her Loves indwelling are her present Heaven.
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