Say, in a hut of mean estate A light just glimmers and then is gone, Nature is seen to hesitate,— Put forth and then retract her pawn; Say, in the alembic of an eye Haughty is mixed with poor and low; Say, Truth herself is not so high But Error laughs to see her so; Say, all that strength failed in its trust; Say, all that wit crept but a span; Say, ’t is a drop spilled in the dust,— And then say brother—then say man!
I Sit here and the earth is wrapped in snow, And the cold air is thick with falling night: I think of the still, dewy summer eves, When cows came slowly sauntering up the lane, Waiting to nibble at the juicy grass; When the green earth was full of changing life, When the warm wind blew soft, and...
Thou hast evil And given place to the devil; Yet so cunningly thou concealest The thing which thou feelest, That no eye espieth it, Satan himself denieth it. Go where it chooseth thee, There is none that accuseth thee; Neither foe nor lover Will the wrong uncover; The world’s breath raiseth thee...
Say, in a hut of mean estate A light just glimmers and then is gone, Nature is seen to hesitate,— Put forth and then retract her pawn; Say, in the alembic of an eye Haughty is mixed with poor and low; Say, Truth herself is not so high But Error laughs to see her so; Say, all that...
The Heart soars up like a bird From a nest of care; Up, up to a larger sky, To a softer air. No eye can measure its flight And no hand can tame; It mounts in beauty and light, In music and flame. Of all the changes of Time There is none like this; The heart soars up like a bird At...
