Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REALITY, by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON


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REALITY, by                    
First Line: These are my scales to weigh reality
Last Line: A chord, a dream, a longing, love of thee !


THESE are my scales to weigh reality, --
A dream, a chord, a longing, love of Thee.
Real as the violets of April days,
Or those soft-hid in unfrequented ways;
Real as the noiseless tune to which we tread
The measure we by life's old song are led;
Real as man's wonder what his soul may be,--
A guest for time or for eternity.
Real as the ocean, seen, alas! no more,
Whose tide still beats along my heart's inshore.
These are my scales to weigh reality, --
A chord, a dream, a longing, love of Thee !





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