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...appropriate home. The leading thought of the poem may be gathered from the lines subjoined : — " Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's...rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the Day,...

...way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of Common day. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...thy immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born...

...he lies, Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses, With light upon him from his father's eyes ! 24 See, at his feet, some little plan or chart, Some...thy immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born...

...That life brings with her in her equipage ; As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. Thon, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity...thy Immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; To whom the grave Is but a lonely bed without the sense...

...low voice, like that of an awed worshipper at a shrine—I quoted the noble lines,— " Thou, whoso exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity...blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal dcep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind !— Mighty prophet ! seer blest! On whom these truths do...

...attended ; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. VI Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the Day,...

...Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. VII Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six...rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the Day,...

...Age, That Life brings with her in her equipage ; As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. vm. Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy Soul's...the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest ! A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born...