This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... CHILDHOOD. Ah happy Childhood I I look back to thee With joy unspeakable. Thro' all the pain And sufferance of Thought's infinity. Have thy bright visions hovered o'er my brain. Like pictures in the firmament of heaven. And in the horrid sloughs of wild Despair, And in the darkness that to Doubt is given, Thy ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... CHILDHOOD. Ah happy Childhood I I look back to thee With joy unspeakable. Thro' all the pain And sufferance of Thought's infinity. Have thy bright visions hovered o'er my brain. Like pictures in the firmament of heaven. And in the horrid sloughs of wild Despair, And in the darkness that to Doubt is given, Thy golden glory rushing has burst thro' the air. And kindled with fresh flames the altar fire Long dead as ashes, in my weary heart. Ah happy Childhood! Thou can'st not expire; Thy glorious dreams and images are part Of God's invisible, eternal life. Strange, mystic, wonderful, and wise art thou, If man could find thee out amid his strife. And read thy burning eyes, and thine immortal brow. "Who has not felt the beauty and the joy, Of that sweet spring-time in the life of man, When Nature owns her darling in the Boy, And he, enchanted, all her works doth scan? When every flower within the pasture green, And every shadow in the silent pool, Remind him of the Marvels he hath seen In dim, old, vanish'd worlds, amid their umbrage cool? Who has not felt the mystery of things, When in that May of innocence divine. He held sweet, wondering trustful communings, With all the stars that in high heaven do shine--With all the trees and plants, the hills, and streams, And manifold bright creatures that do flash In coloured fire, thro'meadows rank, like dreams? Who has not heard thro' all the moonlight torrent's dash. Remembered voices--like the alien cries Of spirits in a lone and solemn world, Which he has seen with its great Phantasies? And whilst he mused, strange memories unfurled Their Runes within him, and wild Shapes appeared, .And forms of beauty, such as heaven enfolds, Stood, like a bright Apocalypse, revered--With other memories cast in dim...
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