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Its fee—to be of Gold—Had Nature—in Her monstrous HouseA single Ragged Child—To earn a Mine—would runThat Interdicted Way,And tell Him—Charge thee speak it plain—That so far—Truth is True?And answer What I do—Beginning with the DayThat Night—begun—Nay—Midnight—’twas—Since Midnight—happened—say—If once more—Pardon—Boy—The Magnitude thou mayEnlarge my Message—If too vastAnother Lad—help thee—Thy Pay—in Diamonds—be—And His—in solid Gold—Say Rubies—if He…

But could It teach it?Easiest of Arts, they sayWhen one learn howDull Hearts have diedIn the AcquisitionSacrificed for ScienceIs common, though, now—I went to SchoolBut was not wiserGlobe did not teach itNor Logarithm Show‘How to forget’!Say—some—Philosopher !Ah, to be eruditeEnough to know!Is it in a Book?So, I could buy it—Is it like a Planet?Telescopes would…

Confer upon the Eye—Of Territory—Color—Circumference&mda sh;Decay—Its Amber RevelationExhilirate—Debase—O mnipotence’ inspectionOf Our inferior face—And when the solemn featuresConfirm—in Victory—We start—as if detectedIn Immortality—

When Excellence be deadHe were superfluous every DayFor every Day be saidThat syllable whose FaithJust saves it from DespairAnd whose ‘I’ll meet You’ hesitatesIf Love inquire ‘Where’?Upon His dateless FameOur Periods may lieAs Stars that drop anonymousFrom an abundant sky.

Nor any death, but lestDispelled from there;Nor tie to earths to come,Nor action new,Except through this extent,The Realm of You!

Of an inland soul to sea,Past the houses—past the headlands—Into deep Eternity—Bred as we, among the mountains,Can the sailor understandThe divine intoxicationOf the first league out from land?