Dramatic Scenes With Other Poems, Now First Printed. By Barry Cornwall [i.e. Bryan Waller Procter]. Illustrated |
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TO THE LAMP. |
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TO THE LAMP.
In my youth I fed thee
With a learnèd oil;
In my manhood bred thee
To a life of toil.
With a learnèd oil;
In my manhood bred thee
To a life of toil.
What has been thy glory,
Under star or sun?
Tell me all thy story;
All that thou hast won.
Under star or sun?
Tell me all thy story;
All that thou hast won.
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Nothing!—Thou didst slumber
Through the wastes of time,
Or but help to cumber
Leaves with idle rhyme.
Through the wastes of time,
Or but help to cumber
Leaves with idle rhyme.
All our poet-treasure,
Coin by coin, is strung.
Let us part:—The measure
Of the song is sung!
Coin by coin, is strung.
Let us part:—The measure
Of the song is sung!
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