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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 4. LATITUDINARIANISM, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Yet truth is keenly sought for, and the wind
Last Line: "of things invisible to mortal sight."
First Line: Yet truth is keenly sought for, and the wind
Last Line: "of things invisible to mortal sight."
YET Truth is keenly sought for, and the wind
Charged with rich words poured out in thought's defence;
Whether the Church inspire that eloquence,
Or a Platonic Piety confined
To the sole temple of the inward mind;
And One there is who builds immortal lays,
Though doomed to tread in solitary ways,
Darkness before and danger's voice behind;
Yet not alone, nor helpless to repel
Sad thoughts; for from above the starry sphere
Come secrets, whispered nightly to his ear;
And the pure spirit of celestial light
Shines through his soul -- "that he may see and tell
Of things invisible to mortal sight."
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