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378 MAN'S DEBT TO WOMAN.
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..... . .. M. "When Man, A Frail And Hel...
Though we may of manifold gifts be possessed , That might almost content the most covetous breast ;
If fortune , inconstant , blind deity pour Her riches upon us , in plentiful store ;
Though physical vigour be happily ours , United with high intellectual powers
;—Tho' every bright and felicitous thing . O ' er existence the halo of pleasure may fling : —
There still is a crowning endowment required , One temporal boon to be still more desired : The communion of souls that can mutually glow
;—Th' exchange of sweet sentiment made between two ! _"'iNTeath the old abbey walls where by ages decayed ,
' The labours of genius in ruins are laid ; . ' By the soft gurgling rill , and the foaming cascade ;
In the green , shady forest , alive with the song - Of birds , which amid the dark foliage throng ;
-And on the expanse of majestic old ocean , As heaving with scarcely perceptible motion ;
He sparkles his mirror drops ' neath the noon rays , While the mermaids come forth to disport in the blaze :
Orrambling at morn through the cultured parterre , , Kadiant with blossom-gems , dazzling and rare ,
Where each zephyr that playfully shaketh the bloom Sweeps on to the sense with delicious perfume !
In the maze of the charming , luxurious dance , Or deep in the pages of ancient romance ,
Or where music is weaving its marvellous spells , 3 _STow bidding us soar , while it triumphs and swells ,
And making us feel to fraternity stirred , When in plaintive vibrations its murmurs are heard !
Exulting , imbibing its hatred of wrong , Its contempt for the meanness that crawls in the dust ,
Its esteem for the loving , the valiant , and just ! Orcontemplating art in the fanciful thought
On , the eloquent canvas-sheet glowingly wrought ! When we list with delight to the Thalian Muse ,
And our lost animation her humour renews ; Or when tragedy shows us the great and the good ,
And we burn more sublimely , akin to her mood ! _'Tis sweet then to be with that one who can drink
At the fount of our feelings , and think as we think . But when the fair moon her soft radiance pours ,
Adown on the landscape in mellowest showers ; Still more sweet to commune with the maid we adore ,
Where the oak branches gracefully form us a bower ;
378 Man's Debt To Woman.
378 MAN ' S DEBT TO WOMAN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1863, page 378, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081863/page/18/
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