And though it throws its light but on a leaf,

That leaf may be eternal by the light

Thy soul hath shed on it. That steady flame

Burns on, when all the clouds have spent their fire,

And when the bowels of the earth have ceased

To growl in answer. Undisturbed, thy flame

Will live, defying Fate's alarm, a fearless,

Undying mighty word, as strong as lightning

And love's own sheen, thy soul's unwavering beacon.

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 A DREAM

METHOUGHT that unto God I prayed: Oh, Lord!

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If thou wouldst deign to let poor me behold

Thy greatness, so that with my human brain

I understood it! Thus I spoke, and Lo!

I stood alone upon a mountain rock,

In utter darkness, towering rocks beyond

The dread abyss, that at my feet lay black

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