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. 1884 Excerpt: ...whose blood it bore--Its piteous cry filled all the air, Till the Dream was more than I could bear. And in the darkness of my bed Weeping I awakcngd--In the silence of the night, Dying softly from my sight, Melted that pale Dream of pain Like a snow-flake from thy brain. IX. Doom. Master, if there be Doom, All men are ...
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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. 1884 Excerpt: ...whose blood it bore--Its piteous cry filled all the air, Till the Dream was more than I could bear. And in the darkness of my bed Weeping I awakcngd--In the silence of the night, Dying softly from my sight, Melted that pale Dream of pain Like a snow-flake from thy brain. IX. Doom. Master, if there be Doom, All men are bereaven I If, in the universe, One Spirit receive the curse, Alas for Heaven! If there be Doom for one, Thou, Master, art undone. Were I a Soul in heaven, Afar from pain, Yea, on Thy breast of snow, At the scream of one below I should scream again. Art Thou less piteous than The conception of a Man? God's Dream. I Hear a voice, 'How should God pardon sin? How should He save the sinner with the sinless? That would be ill: the Lord my God is just' Further I hear, 'How should God pardon lust? How should He comfort the adulteress? That would be foul: the Lord my God is pure.' Further I hear, 'How should God pardon blood? How should the murtherer have a place in heaven Beside the innocent life he took away?' And God is on His throne; and in a dream Sees mortals making figures out of clay, Shapen like men, and calling them God's angels. And sees the shapes look up into His eyes, Exclaiming, 'Thou didst ill to save this man; Damn Thou this woman, and curse this cut-throat, Lord 1' God dreams this, and His dreaming is the world; And thou and I are dreams within His dream; And nothing dieth God hath dreamt or thought, But one I noted, A little Maiden, Look'd up o' sudden And ceased her play, And she dropt her garland And stood upgazing, With hair like sunlight, And face like clay. AU was most quiet In the air, Save the children's voices And the cry of dumb beasts, --'Twas a weary Sabbath Everywhere--Each soul an eyeball, Each face a stare;--And I left ...
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