Sonnets, Written As the Pastime of a Long Vacation
Sonnets, Written As the Pastime of a Long Vacation
Strong, John R. (John Ruggles), B. 1851
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And knows not for his thought what he should wiU. ^5 Ill RALLY San Lorenzo No^ there is more within this inch of Time ; A principle, a something, scarce seen, holds. Controls the shipwrecks, met in every clime. That sees us even as the mountain-folds. The Sun arises, renovating the world ; Man's toil begins, as, darting from the hive. The insect squares his quivering oars, pearled. And merry larks sing where the plough-men strive. Who can o'er-praise this gracious, temperate scene Of shadowy Ea...rth ? So should it truly be For us, its passengers ; its mantle green And white embraces more than we can see. No, Nature is unequal to the plan. Contradictory of herself in Man. 26 IV QUESTION And yety what's in ourselves of utter rout Of Fancy's shaping ? Every mind of thought Deems as a treasure all that Good has taught. Distress^ by the coastless chart of doubt. Convinced by neither, for the snaky knout Hangs over fortunes, and there lives not aught But quarrels for subsistence ; ill lives, wrought Into the strife of life, no life without.
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