. Rabbi Ben Ezra and other poems . For thence^âa â paradox Which comforts â¢while it mocks,âShall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me:A brute I might have been, but would not sink i the scale. Page Rabbi ^en Ezra XII Let us not always say * Spite of this flesh to-dayI strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole ! As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry *All good thingsAre ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul ! XIII Therefore I summon age To grant youths heritage,Lifes struggle having so far reached its term : Then
. Rabbi Ben Ezra and other poems . For thence^âa â paradox Which comforts â¢while it mocks,âShall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me:A brute I might have been, but would not sink i the scale. Page Rabbi ^en Ezra XII Let us not always say * Spite of this flesh to-dayI strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole ! As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry *All good thingsAre ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul ! XIII Therefore I summon age To grant youths heritage,Lifes struggle having so far reached its term : Thence shall I pass, approved A man, for aye removedFrom the developed brute ; a god though in the germ. XIV And I shall thereuponTake rest, ere I be gone Once more on my adventure brave and new :Fearless and unperplexed,When I wage battle next, What weapons to select, what armour to 9 Rabbi ^en Ezra XV Youth ended, I shall try My gain or loss thereby ;Leave the fire ashes, what survives is gold : And I shall weigh the same, Give life its praise or blame :Young, all lay in dispute ; I shall know, being old. XVI For note, when evening shuts, A certain moment cutsThe deed ofF, calls the glory fi-om the grey : A whisper from the west Shootsâ
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