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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHANTASMATA: PROEM, by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY Poet's Biography
First Line: Thoughts that from the soul come flowing
Last Line: Judge not harshly of his day.
Subject(s): Memory; Poetry & Poets; Thought; Thinking
First Line: Thoughts that from the soul come flowing
Last Line: Judge not harshly of his day.
Subject(s): Memory; Poetry & Poets; Thought; Thinking
THOUGHTS that from the soul come flowing,
Like a fairy-haunted stream,
With the light of spirit glowing,
Living, speaking, form my theme.
Thoughts of goodness, thoughts of gladness,
Tending to a joyful end,
Mingled, true, with mists of sadness,—
But the night and morning blend.
Through these pages there lie scattered
Gems whose worth few eyes may see,
Yet a vase, though small and shattered,
If God will, shall hold the sea.
Think the Poet not assumptuous,
Howsoever few his years,—
Even youth is not presumptuous
When its pride is blent with tears.
And remember, that the morning
Comes before the sun's full ray,—
This is but the Poet's dawning,
Judge not harshly of his day.
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