Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A MORAL THOUGHT, by JOHN HAWKESWORTH


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A MORAL THOUGHT, by                    
First Line: Through groves sequestered, dark and still
Last Line: "and mingles with eternity."
Subject(s): Life; Reason; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals


"Through groves sequestered, dark and still,
Low vales and mossy cells among,
In silent paths the careless rill,
With languid murmurs, steals along:

Awhile it plays with circling sweep,
And lingering leaves its native plain,
Then pours impetuous down the steep,
And mingles with the boundless main.

O let my years thus devious glide,
Through silent scenes obscurely calm,
Nor wealth nor strife pollute the tide,
Nor honour's sanguinary palm.

When labour tires, and pleasure palls,
Still let the stream untroubled be,
As down the steep of age it falls,
And mingles with eternity."





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