And what I feel, across the inferior features
Of what I am, doth flash itself, and show
How that great work of Love enhances Nature's.
(Sonnet 10 - Yet, Love, Mere Love, Is Beautiful Indeed)
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I knew the time would pass away,And yet, beside the rose-tree wall,
Dear God, how seldom, if at all,
Did I look up to pray!
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I taught them, no doubt,
That a country's a thing men should die for at need.
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Behold, I erred
In that last doubt!
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Bring the clean water, give out the fresh seed.
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Light tomorrow with today!
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Still, all day, the iron wheels go onward,
Grinding life down from its mark;
And the children's souls, which God is calling sunward,
Spin on blindly in the dark.
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