Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). An American Anthology, 17871900. 1900. |
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1445. To O. S. C. |
| By Annie Eliot Trumbull |
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SPIRIT of fire and dew, | |
Whither hast fled? | |
Thy soul they never knew | |
Who call thee dead. | |
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Deep thoughts of why and how | 5 |
Shadowed thine eyes: | |
Thou hast the answers now | |
Straight from the skies. | |
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Thrilled with a double power, | |
Nature and Art, | 10 |
Dowered with a double dower, | |
Reason and heart, | |
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Not souls like thine, in vain | |
God fashioneth; | |
Leadeth them forth again, | 15 |
Gently, by death. | |
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