This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...him soon after."--Extract from a letter from John MacCarthy, April 1882. "Cease to long for joys to be--Bliss thou hast not power to frame, Seeking in futurity Shadows without shape or name!" Thus I cry, but cry in vain, Heedless what to-day may give, Heart and thought and throbbing brain, In the future strive to live. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...him soon after."--Extract from a letter from John MacCarthy, April 1882. "Cease to long for joys to be--Bliss thou hast not power to frame, Seeking in futurity Shadows without shape or name!" Thus I cry, but cry in vain, Heedless what to-day may give, Heart and thought and throbbing brain, In the future strive to live. I, along Life's dusty way, Fairest flowers pass blindly by--Knowing not I live to-day And to-morrow I may die. A hunger ever in my heart, Tantalus-like for joys I crave That, like mirages, flit and start, But rest not this side of the grave. II. A light of undefined day Hovering o'er the cloudy east I've seen, and sicken for a ray To cheer a spirit unappeased. Music on the wings of night Flutt'ring o'er the dimpling seas I've heard--uncertain, faint, and light-Soul-perturbing harmonies. Music of the boundless sphere! Gleam of never-ending day! UNREST. 115 Wholly die, or come more near--Quench thy light or spread thy ray! Like the mem'ry of a dream, The adumbrance of true bliss, On my soul, with fitful gleam, ' Paints a world transcending this. And my reason, sore perplexed, Fain would pierce this Death's dark night; Fain would strive to read the text, The secret of the Infinite. But, as stars wax sickly pale, Sink absorbed in dawn and flee--So the brightest reasonings fail, Grasping at eternity. And whom Faith hath never shown Her Pharos-light, when tempest-tossed, Whom dim-eyed Reason guides alone, On Doubt's stormy sea is lost. Faith, be thou my guiding light O'er the dark, uncertain way--With thy rays illume aright The path unto Eternal Day! So, though life be fight and fear, He who doeth all things best, Knowing of my struggles here, May He give my spirit rest! HEART THRO BEINGS. A CRY FROM THE CITY. "Longing to escape ...
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