LIFE
Remorse is cureless,—the disease
Not even God can heal;
For’t is His institution,—
The complement of hell.
Not even God can heal;
For’t is His institution,—
The complement of hell.
LXX
THE body grows outside,—
The more convenient way,—
That if the spirit like to hide,
Its temple stands alway
The more convenient way,—
That if the spirit like to hide,
Its temple stands alway
Ajar, secure, inviting;
It never did betray
The soul that asked its shelter
In timid honesty.
It never did betray
The soul that asked its shelter
In timid honesty.
LXXI
UNDUE significance a starving man attaches
To food
Far off; he sighs, and therefore hopeless,
And therefore good.
To food
Far off; he sighs, and therefore hopeless,
And therefore good.
Partaken, it relieves indeed, but proves us
That spices fly
In the receipt. It was the distance
Was savory.
That spices fly
In the receipt. It was the distance
Was savory.
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