Aspects of humanity, brokenly mirrored in the ever-swelling current of human speech ...

36 ASPECTS OF HUMANITr. And through the Mind's alembic grand Its pure aroma flows. That PRESENCE, which informs one sense Of joy uncurbed, and one, 540 Of simple truths and clear intents Through complex thoughts that run, Displays a secret pledge, I ween, Unto the soul sincere, A pledge whose type, diffused unseen' Throughout this atmosphere, Confirms with strength, and crowns with grace, These formal shoots of Earth, As to that rarer store, men trace Their inner life and worth." 550 Disdain such length, and form of art Hearer, if this to thee Seem straining strength, to storm the heart WVith errant minstrelsy, To move the quick agreement thence, Spontaneous as true, That who but brings OBEDIENCE To that he comes to do, Responsive to the lines that lurk Through all the sky and earth, 56o In conscience and in sight doth work His calling signed at birth.Y But if thy nursling soul decline" Their meaning melody, Then give these nursery notes of mine, A meeter memory.

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Aspects of humanity, brokenly mirrored in the ever-swelling current of human speech ...
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