Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ONLY A THOUGHT, by CHARLES MACKAY


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First Line: Twas only a passing thought, my love
Last Line: Only a passing thought.
Subject(s): Heads; Reason; Thought; Wisdom; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Thinking


'TWAS only a passing thought, my love,
Only a passing thought,
That came o'er my mind like a ray of the sun
In the ripples of waters caught;
And it seemed to me, and I say to thee,
That sorrow and shame and sin
Might disappear from our happy sphere,
If we knew but to begin;
If we knew but how to profit
By wisdom dearly bought:
'Twas only a passing thought, my love,
Only a passing thought.





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