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A FORGIVENESS.
I touched ambition's height,—'t was here, released
From glory (always symboled by a chain!)
No sooner was I privileged to gain
My secret domicile than glad I flung
That last toy on the table—gazed where hung
On hook my father's gift, the arquebuss—
And asked myself "Shall I envisage thus
The new prize and the old prize, when I reach
Another year's experience?—own that each
Equaled advantage—sportsman's—statesman's tool?
That brought me down an eagle, this—a fool!"
From glory (always symboled by a chain!)
No sooner was I privileged to gain
My secret domicile than glad I flung
That last toy on the table—gazed where hung
On hook my father's gift, the arquebuss—
And asked myself "Shall I envisage thus
The new prize and the old prize, when I reach
Another year's experience?—own that each
Equaled advantage—sportsman's—statesman's tool?
That brought me down an eagle, this—a fool!"
Into which room on entry, I set down
The lamp, and turning saw whose rustled gown
Had told me my wife followed, pace for pace.
The lamp, and turning saw whose rustled gown
Had told me my wife followed, pace for pace.
