THE wish behind the thought is the soul’s star
Of faith, and out of earth we build our heaven.
Life to each unschooled child of time has given
A fairy wand with which he thinks to unbar
The dark gate to a region vast and far,
Where all is gained at length for which he has striven –
All loss requited – all offences shriven –
All toil o’erpassed – effaced each battle-scar.
But ah! what heaven of rest could countervail
The ever widening thought – the endless stress
Of action whereinto the heart is born?
What sphere so bless?d it could overbless
With sweets the soul, when all such gifts must fail,
If from its chosen work that soul were torn?
(Christopher Pearse Cranch)
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