Rejoice we are allied To that which doth provide 25 Would we some prize might hold 65 And not partake, effect and not receive! Possessions of the brute,-gain most, as we did best! man, for aye removed 75 From the developed brute; a God though And I shall thereupon 80 Once more on my adventure brave and new: Whose spirit works lest arms and legs Fearless and unperplexed, When I wage battle next, What weapons to select, what armor to indue.2 "This rage was right i' the main, That acquiescence vain: 100 O'er which, from level stand, The low world laid its hand, The Future I may face now I have proved Found straightway to its mind, could the Past." Enough now, if the Right And Good and Infinite 115 value in a trice: Ay, note that Potter's wheel, That metaphor! and feel 150 Be named here, as thou callest thy hand Why time spins fast, why passive lies our thine own, With knowledge absolute, Subject to no dispute From fools that crowded youth, nor let thee feel alone. Be there, for once and all, Severed great minds from small, 120 clay,Thou, to whom fools propound, When the wine makes its round, 155 "Since life fleets, all is change; the Past gone, seize to-day!" Fool! All that is, at all, Lasts ever, past recall; Announced to each his station in the Earth changes, but thy soul and God Right? Let age speak the truth and give Time's wheel runs back or stops: Potter They this thing, and I that: whom shall Try thee and turn thee forth, sufficiently How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's 5 Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. ΙΟ |