WEAKNESS
He was not strong enough to break away
From ignorant bonds which hinder men and blind
To snap the prison-bars of yesterday,
Or curb the natural follies of mankind.
From ignorant bonds which hinder men and blind
To snap the prison-bars of yesterday,
Or curb the natural follies of mankind.
Nature and Beauty called to him, but here
Old thoughts and aspirations bound him still—
Abortive hopes, and dreams confused and sere
Darkened the vague horizon of his will.
Old thoughts and aspirations bound him still—
Abortive hopes, and dreams confused and sere
Darkened the vague horizon of his will.
Part of eternal Beauty—crowned with light—
A thought of God—even thus and thus his soul
A thought of God—even thus and thus his soul
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