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TO HER MIND by EDWARD HERBERT

First Line: EXALTED MIND! WHOSE CHARACTER DOTH BEAR
Last Line: THYSELF TO US, THOU SHOULDST BE STILL A WONDER?
Subject(s): REASON; INTELLECT; RATIONALISM; BRAIN; MIND; INTELLECTUALS;

EXALTED mind! whose character doth bear
The first idea of perfection, whence
Adam's came, and stands so, how canst appear
In words, that only tell what here-
Tofore hath been? Thou need'st as deep a sense
As prophecy, since there's no difference
In telling what thou art and what shall be.
Then pardon me that rapture do profess
At thy outside, that want for what I see
Description, if here amaz'd I cease
Thus---
Yet grant one question, and no more, crav'd under
Thy gracious leave: How, if thou wouldst express
Thyself to us, thou shouldst be still a wonder?



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