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...than ever, if this is true, is his address to a child : " Thou whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity ! Thou best Philosopher, who yet...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight And custom He upon thee with a weight ,' Heavy as frost and deep almost as life !" ^ ' Dear...

...Sccr blest ! On whom those truths do rest. Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkuess lost, the darkness of the grave; Thou, over whom thy...thy Being's height. Why with such earnest pains dost (hou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife? Full...

...heritage, thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet! Seer blest!...yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Pull soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy...

...heritage, thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind ; — Mighty prophet ! Seer blest...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy us frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy !...

...heritage, thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest...strife ? • Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! VIII. O...

...grave ; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day, — a master o'er a slave, — A presenee which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy !...

...That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — flighty Prophet ! Seer blest ! On whom those truths do rest,...strife ? Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy !...

...heritage, thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind,— Mighty prophet! seer blest!...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost and deep almost as life. IX. O joy...

...blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal m•nd; — Mighty prophet ! Seer blest ! On whom those truths...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! Ojoy! that...