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Reign, and keep life in this our deep desire—
Our only greatness is that we aspire.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)
Work is its own best earthly need,
Else have we none more than the sea-born throng
Who wrought these marvellous isles that bloom afar.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)
I am glad to think
I am not bound to make the wrong go right;
But only to discover, and to do
With cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)
O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep,
Thou bearest angels to us in the night,
Saints out of heaven with palms. Seen by thy light
Sorrow is some old tale that goeth not deep;
Love is a pouting child.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)
Like coral insects multitudinous
The minutes are whereof our life is made.
They build it up as in the deep's blue shade
It grows, it comes to light, and then, and thus
For both there is an end.
The Monitions of the Unseen (1871)