Poems . rstfelt the foam)Columbus to some far Philosophy, And bring, perchance, the golden In-dies siren isles of the enchantedmainThrough which I lingered! altars, temples, in the salt sea wave, thatrolls and rovesAround each desolated lost domain ! Over all these hath passed the ,Saved from the sea, forlornly face tofaceWith the gaunt ruin of a world, I two alone of all that perisht raceSurvive to share with nie my wanderings ;Doubt and Experience. These my steps ; and oft above my harp , weeping with me, weep among itsstrings
Poems . rstfelt the foam)Columbus to some far Philosophy, And bring, perchance, the golden In-dies siren isles of the enchantedmainThrough which I lingered! altars, temples, in the salt sea wave, thatrolls and rovesAround each desolated lost domain ! Over all these hath passed the ,Saved from the sea, forlornly face tofaceWith the gaunt ruin of a world, I two alone of all that perisht raceSurvive to share with nie my wanderings ;Doubt and Experience. These my steps ; and oft above my harp , weeping with me, weep among itsstrings. Yet, —saved, though in a land uncon-secrateBj any memory, it seems good to meTo build an altar to the Lord ; and waitSome token, either from the land point me to my rest, which shouldbe is the work, and simple is my skill;Yet, if the hand could answer to pile should lack not , hear My cry unto thee. Make thy covenantFast with my spirit. Bind withinThy bow. For each man deems his own seclkk. — Page 254. PALINGENESIS. 255 The whole horizon of my tears. I pantFor Thy refreshing. Bid Thy foun-tains HowIn this dry desert, where no springs I I venture in an unknown land,Here will I clear the ground on whichI stand,And justify the hope Thou gavest me. I cannot make quite clear what comesand goesIn fitful light, by waning gleams Spirit, blowing where it listeth,blowsOnly at , some single fold asideOf that great veil which hangs oer theUnknown :Yet do the feeble, fleeting lights that fall,Reveal enough, in part, for hope in all :And that seems surest which the least isshown. God is a spirit. It is also said Man is a spirit. Can I therefore deem The two in nature separate ? The madeHath in it of the Maker. Hence Iseem A step towards light; — since t is thepropertyOf spirit to possess itself in allIt is possest by ; — halved yet integral; One person, various personality. To say the Infinite
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