My childhood from my life is parted,
My footstep from the moss which drew
Its fairy circle round: anew
The garden is deserted.
(The Deserted Garden)
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We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state Good patriots, who, for a theory, risked a cause Good kings, who disemboweled for a tax Good Popes, who brought all good to jeopardy Good Christians, who sat still in easy-chairs And damned the general world for standing up. Now, may the good God pardon all good menElizabeth Barrett Browning
But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!
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And I smiled to think God's greatness flowed around our incompleteness, Round our restlessness His rest.
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Art for art,
And good for God Himself, the essential Good !
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He's just, your cousin, ay, abhorrently He'd wash his hands in blood, to keep them clean
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I will not gainsay love, called love forsooth.
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