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With thee, serene Philosophy, with thee And thy bright garland, let me crown my song! Effusive source of evidence and truth! A lustre shedding o’er the ennobled mind Stronger than summer noon; and pure as that Whose mild vibrations soothe the parted soul, New to the dawning of celestial day. Hence through her nourished powers, enlarged by thee She springs aloft, with elevated pride, Above the tangling mass of low desires That bind the fluttering crowd; and, angel-winged, The heights of science and of virtue gains, Where all is calm and clear; with nature round, Or in the starry regions, or the abyss, To reason and to fancy’s eye displayed: The first up-tracing from the dreary void, The chain of causes and effects to Him, The world-producing Essence, who alone Possesses being; while the last receives The whole magnificence of Heaven and earth, And every beauty, delicate or bold, Obvious or more remote, with livelier sense, Diffusive painted on the rapid mind.
With thee, serene Philosophy, with thee And thy bright garland, let me crown my song! Effusive source of evidence and truth! A lustre shedding o’er the ennobled mind Stronger than summer noon; and pure as that Whose mild vibrations soothe the parted soul, New to the dawning of celestial day. Hence through her nourished powers, enlarged by thee She springs aloft, with elevated pride, Above the tangling mass of low desires That bind the fluttering crowd; and, angel-winged, The heights of science and of virtue gains, Where all is calm and clear; with nature round, Or in the starry regions, or the abyss, To reason and to fancy’s eye displayed: The first up-tracing from the dreary void, The chain of causes and effects to Him, The world-producing Essence, who alone Possesses being; while the last receives The whole magnificence of Heaven and earth, And every beauty, delicate or bold, Obvious or more remote, with livelier sense, Diffusive painted on the rapid mind.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 441 · printed citation: Thomson · subject: PHILOSOPHY
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