Yet if we could scorn
Hate, and pride, and fear;
If we were things born
Not to shed a tear,
I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.
(To A Skylark)
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Wherefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weapon, chain, and scourge,
That these stingless drones may spoil
The forced produce of your toil?
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History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
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A light is passed from the revolving year,
And man, and woman; and what still is dear
Attracts to crush, repels to make thee wither.
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Have ye leisure, comfort, calm,
Shelter, food, love's gentle balm?
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I love Love -though he has wings,
And like light can flee,
But above all other things,
Spirit, I love thee -
Thou art love and life!
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Meanwhile thy spirit lifts its pinions
In music's most serene dominions;
Catching the winds that fan that happy heaven.
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