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Would be the only fruit a man qould reap . . -. , By seeking sympathy witli such a being , < Show me another . Spirit . Thou art hard to fd ea # e \ ' = ' V Stranger . And little hoping . 'Thou canst d # &V will * I must be free I of choice . ^ ,- ™ L - ' Spirit . will not disappoint ti ^^ n ai ! poK ! \ Stranger . This is a creatur ^ to enchan t the fjgjtf , ' With changing loveliness She is a being 41 . UF a chameleon nature . Not a shade
Of seriousnessor ^ sorrow has e ' er passed u , r / "' Over that joypus face ; but every form , ^ ,, Of hope , and mirth , and laught ^ ^( n be ^ n wonv Like one of Summer ' s daughters , jn aetixoe Which knows no cml | j ^ ^ me ^ Tjjfof : * rhild Born of no earthly parents dow gfe ' seem . But unapproachAbJe . b « eattWjr pain . is
And tree from eartai f catf ^ . She a flower Born tc ^ know H ^^ idations , but to perish , As the l » ig ^ t sonimer , insects pass away , Extiftfjakfied , not decaying . In her hand Ste b # ars a new-strung lute , and her sweet lips ftoffer a- strain of pleasing , meanless words That mock the heart which hungers after love . Thou , too * art mocking , Spirit .
Spirit . I mock thee not , thy choice is not control led . Wilt thou pass on , or fix ? Stranger . Impale that butterfly on my strong hear ! And sell my soul for painted loveliness ? Link the eternal t& the transient ? Pass A gaoler ' s life U > watch a pining bird Beating itself to death against the bars Which bound its prison-house , while many mates , ] Seeking its frivolous caresses , gaze
And peck at its enslaver ? Let her go And nutter out her brief existence . I Will further look , although I look in vain . Spirit . She hath departed . Look on her successor Stranger . Woman nerself , in ripened womanhood . With all her attributes in full perfection
In what qoncsras externals . Such a form Might waxzB a fceart that never warmed before , And carry reason captiye , bind down judgment , And change discretion into glowing impulse * Melt down a man ' s firm purposes , and xnake His will a woman ' s *]* ve . My heart is ateeled
By life ' s long custona ^ or mip # eye ^ would shrink From such a strong temptatipiu Even now The glow of ripening youth ip waixoing through My aweUing veJttM « od quicxkenip j fbe calm pulse , Calmed by the lessoxuo of the impr ^ wuve Ua ^ b ^ rn , Pain and JExperitno * . Down . y ^ B robp ) seufet ) .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1835, page 659, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2650/page/31/
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