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George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903.

Two Moods

Sidney Henry Morse (1833–1903)

“THE TRUTH shall bind,” quoth he;

“No fetter else. Oh! free

My mind shall rove, and bring

Me home on buoyant wing

The boldest thought that flies:

Blest freedom else unknown.

All shorn the soul denies

All beauty thus to own.”

Then spoke a voice in gentler strain,

Yet chanting still the high refrain:

“Nor rove will I to clip the wing

Of thoughts that fly and gaily sing.

Home, home I hie, all free to list

The silent song I ne’er resist.”