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BORROWED THOUGHTS: 4. FROM ***, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Within the kingdom of my soul
Last Line: The haunted chamber in my heart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary
Subject(s): Hearts; Life; Love; Past; Soul


WITHIN the kingdom of my soul
I bid you enter, Love, to-day;
Submit my life to your control,
And give my Heart up to your sway.

My Past, whose light and life is flown,
Shall live through memory for you still;
Take all my Present for your own,
And mould my Future to your will.

One only thought remains apart,
And will forever so remain;
There is one Chamber in my heart
Where even you might knock in vain.

A haunted Chamber: -- long ago
I closed it, and I cast the key
Where deep and bitter waters flow,
Into a vast and silent sea.

Dear, it is haunted. All the rest
Is yours; but I have shut that door
Forever now. 'Tis even best
That I should enter it no more.

No more. It is not well to stay
With ghosts; their very look would scare
Your joyous, loving smile away; --
So never try to enter there.

Check, if you love me, all regret
That this one thought remains apart: --
Now let us smile, dear, and forget
The haunted Chamber in my Heart.





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