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. 1824 Excerpt: ... to his Soul. PART I. TO. O That in unfetter'd union Spirit could with spirit blend! O that in unseen communion Thought could hold the distant friend! Who the secrets can unravel Of the body's mystic guest? Who knows how the soul may travel, While unconsciously we rest? While, in pleasing thraldom lying, Seal'd in ...
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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. 1824 Excerpt: ... to his Soul. PART I. TO. O That in unfetter'd union Spirit could with spirit blend! O that in unseen communion Thought could hold the distant friend! Who the secrets can unravel Of the body's mystic guest? Who knows how the soul may travel, While unconsciously we rest? While, in pleasing thraldom lying, Seal'd in slumber deep it seems, Far abroad it may be flying: --What is Sleep? and what are Dreams? Earth, how narrow thy dominions, And how slow the body's pace! O to range on eagle pinions Through illimitable space! What is Thought? In wild succession Whence proceeds the motley train? What first stamps the vague impression On the ever active brain? What is Thought? and whither tending, Does the subtle phantom flee? Does it, like a moonbeam ending, Shine, then melt to vacancy? Has a strange, mysterious feeling, Something shapeless, undefined, O'er thy lonely musings stealing, Ne'er impress'd thy pensive mind; As if he, whose strong resemblance Fancy at that moment drew, By coincident remembrance Knew your thoughts, and thought of you When, at Mercy's footstool bending, Thou hast felt a sacred glow, --Faith and Hope to heaven ascending, Love still lingering below;--Say, has ne'er the thought impress'd thee, That thy friend might feel thy prayer? Or the wish at least possess'd thee. He could then thy feelings share? Who can tell?--that fervent blessing-Angels, did ye hear it rise? Do ye, thus your love expressing, Watch o'er human sympathies? Do ye some mysterious token To the kindred bosom bear, And, to what the heart has spoken, Wake a chord responsive there? Laws, perhaps, unknown but certain, Kindred spirits may control: But what hand can lift the curtain, And reveal the awful soul? Dimly through life's vapours seeing, Who but longs for light to break? O t.
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General binding wear, with split developing to spine at bottom. Lacks endpapers. Very Good. xi, [1], 195, [9] pp. Adverts last 8 pages of volume. Untrimmed. 12mo.