Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . iV J, i. From childhoods long-lost innocence To Gods far-distant shrine,Some journey by the banks of Nile, Between the unbroken lineOf Sphinxes linking fane to fane : That life-path may be mine. If with stunned sense and blistered feetI fall where I should stand ; If in vain rage and fools despairI strike my clenched hand Into the dumbest blankest faceAmong that solemn band, And madly strive to rend apart Its calm unpitying hps ;—Must not tumultuous auguries
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . iV J, i. From childhoods long-lost innocence To Gods far-distant shrine,Some journey by the banks of Nile, Between the unbroken lineOf Sphinxes linking fane to fane : That life-path may be mine. If with stunned sense and blistered feetI fall where I should stand ; If in vain rage and fools despairI strike my clenched hand Into the dumbest blankest faceAmong that solemn band, And madly strive to rend apart Its calm unpitying hps ;—Must not tumultuous auguries Of Natures last eclipseHerald from each mans Sinai His Laws apocalypse? Yet if it might be I would choose That in my listening brainThe thunder-voiced mysteries Should breathe a peaceful vibrate my attuned heart To echo the refrain. God knoweth. May He grant that I Shall at the last attain,If painfully oer rugged rocks, Or gently through the worthiest goal of every man. To be a child again !
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