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 And all must love the human form;



   In heathen; Turk; or Jew。



 Where Mercy; Love; and Pity dwell;



   There God is dwelling too。



 



 



 HOLY THURSDAY



 



 'Twas on a Holy Thursday; their innocent faces clean;



 Came children walking two and two; in read; and blue; and green:



 Grey…headed beadles walked before; with wands as white as snow;



 Till into the high dome of Paul's they like Thames waters flow。



 



 Oh what a multitude they seemed; these flowers of London town!



 Seated in companies they sit; with radiance all their own。



 The hum of multitudes was there; but multitudes of lambs;



 Thousands of little boys and girls raising their innocent hands。



 



 Now like a mighty wild they raise to heaven the voice of song;



 Or like harmonious thunderings the seats of heaven among:



 Beneath them sit the aged man; wise guardians of the poor。



 Then cherish pity; lest you drive an angel from your door。



 



 



 NIGHT



 



 The sun descending in the west;



 The evening star does shine;



 The birds are silent in their nest;



 And I must seek for mine。



   The moon; like a flower



   In heaven's high bower;



   With silent delight;



   Sits and smiles on the night。



 



 Farewell; green fields and happy grove;



 Where flocks have ta'en delight。



 Where lambs have nibbled; silent move



 The feet of angels bright;



   Unseen they pour blessing;



   And joy without ceasing;



   On each bud and blossom;



   And each sleeping bosom。



 



 They look in every thoughtless nest



 Where birds are covered warm;



 They visit caves of every beast;



 To keep them all from harm:



   If they see any weeping



   That should have been sleeping;



   They pour sleep on their head;



   And sit down by their bed。



 



 When wolves and tigers howl for prey;



 They pitying stand and weep;



 Seeking to drive their thirst away;



 And keep them from the sheep。



   But; if they rush dreadful;



   The angels; most heedful;



   Receive each mild spirit;



   New worlds to inherit。



 



 



 And there the lion's ruddy eyes



 Shall flow with tears of gold:



 And pitying the tender cries;



 And walking round the fold:



   Saying: 〃Wrath by His meekness;



   And; by His health; sickness;



   Are driven away



   From our immortal day。



 



 〃And now beside thee; bleating lamb;



 I can lie down and sleep;



 Or think on Him who bore thy name;



 Graze after thee; and weep。



   For; washed in life's river;



   My bright mane for ever



   Shall shine like the gold;



   As I guard o'er the fold。〃



 



 



 SPRING



 



      Sound the flute!



      Now it's mute!



      Bird's delight;



      Day and night;



      Nightingale;



      In the dale;



      Lark in sky;



      Merrily;



 Merrily merrily; to welcome in the year。



 



      Little boy;



      Full of joy;



      Little girl;



      Sweet and small;



      Cock does crow;



      So do you;



      Merry voice;



      Infant noise;



 Merrily; merrily; to welcome in the year。



 



      Little lamb;



      Here I am;



      Come and lick



      My white neck;



      Let me pull



      Your soft wool;



      Let me kiss



      Your soft face;



 Merrily; merrily; to welcome in the year。



 



 



 NURSE'S SONG



 



 When the voices of children are heard on the green;



   And laughing is heard on the hill;



 My heart is at rest within my breast;



   And everything else is still。



 〃Then come home; my children; the sun is gone down;



   And the dews of night arise;



 Come; come; leave off play; and let us away;



   Till the morning appears in the skies。〃



 



 〃No; no; let us play; for it is yet day;



   And we cannot go to sleep;



 Besides; in the sky the little birds fly;



   And the hills are all covered with sheep。〃



 〃Well; well; go and play till the light fades away;



   And then go home to bed。〃



 The little ones leaped; and shouted; and laughed;



   And all the hills echoed。



 



 



 INFANT JOY



 



 〃I have no name;



 I am but two days old。〃



 What shall I call thee?



 〃I happy am;



 Joy is my name。〃



 Sweet joy befall thee!



 



 Pretty joy!



 Sweet joy; but two days old。



 Sweet Joy I call thee:



 Thou dost smile;



 I sing the while;



 Sweet joy befall thee!



 



 



 A DREAM



 



 Once a dream did weave a shade



 O'er my angel…guarded bed;



 That an emmet lost its way



 Where on grass methought I lay。



 



 Troubled; wildered; and forlorn;



 Dark; benighted; travel…worn;



 Over many a tangle spray;



 All heart…broke; I heard her say:



 



 〃Oh my children! do they cry;



 Do they hear their father sigh?



 Now they look abroad to see;



 Now return and weep for me。〃



 



 Pitying; I dropped a tear:



 But I saw a glow…worm near;



 Who replied; 〃What wailing wight



 Calls the watchman of the night?



 



 〃I am set to light the ground;



 While the beetle goes his round:



 Follow now the beetle's hum;



 Little wanderer; hie thee home!〃



 



 



 ON ANOTHER'S SORROW



 



 Can I see another's woe;



 And not be in sorrow too?



 Can I see another's grief;



 And not seek for kind relief?



 



 Can I see a falling tear;



 And not feel my sorrow's share?



 Can a father see his child



 Weep; nor be with sorrow filled?



 



 Can a mother sit and hear



 An infant groan; an infant fear?



 No; no!  never can it be!



 Never; never can it be!



 



 And can He who smiles on all



 Hear the wren with sorrows small;



 Hear the small bird's grief and care;



 Hear the woes that infants bear 



 



 And not sit beside the next;



 Pouring pity in their breast;



 And not sit the cradle near;



 Weeping tear on infant's tear?



 



 And not sit both night and day;



 Wiping all our tears away?



 Oh no! never can it be!



 Never; never can it be!



 



 He doth give his joy to all:



 He becomes an infant small;



 He becomes a man of woe;



 He doth feel the sorrow too。



 



 Think not thou canst sigh a sigh;



 And thy Maker is not by:



 Think not thou canst weep a tear;



 And thy Maker is not year。



 



 Oh He gives to us his joy;



 That our grief He may destroy:



 Till our grief is fled an gone



 He doth sit by us and moan。



 



 



 SONGS OF EXPERIENCE



 



 



 INTRODUCTION



 



 Hear the voice of the Bard;



 Who present; past; and future; sees;



 Whose ears have heard



 The Holy Word



 That walked among the ancient tree;



 



 Calling the lapsed soul;



 And weeping in the evening dew;



 That might control



 The starry pole;



 And fallen; fallen light renew!



 



 〃O Earth; O Earth; return!



 Arise from out the dewy grass!



 Night is worn;



 And the morn



 Rises from the slumbrous mass。



 



 〃Turn away no more;



 Why wilt thou turn away?



 The starry floor;



 The watery shore;



 Are given thee till the break of day。〃



 



 



 EARTH'S ANSWER



 



 Earth raised up her head



 From the darkness dread and drear;



 Her light fled;



 Stony; dread;



 And her locks covered with grey despair。



 



 〃Prisoned on watery shore;



 Starry jealousy does keep my den



 Cold and hoar;



 Weeping o're;



 I hear the father of the ancient men。



 



 〃Selfish father of men!



 Cruel; jealous; selfish fear!



 Can delight;



 Chained in night;



 The virgins of youth and morning bear?



 



 



 〃Does spring hide its joy;



 When buds and blossoms grow?



 Does the sower 



 Sow by night;



 Or the plowman in darkness plough?



 



 〃Break this heavy chain;



 That does freeze my bones around!



 Selfish; vain;



 Eternal bane;



 That free love with bondage bound。〃



 



 



 THE CLOD AND THE PEBBLE



 



 〃Love seeketh not itself to please;



   Nor for itself hath any care;



 But for another gives it ease;



   And builds a heaven in hell's despair。〃



 



 So sang a little clod of clay;



   Trodden with the cattle's feet;



 But a pebble of the brook



   Warbled out these metres meet:



 



 〃Love seeketh only Self to please;



   To bind another to its delight;



 Joys in another's loss of ease;



   And builds a hell in heaven's despite。〃



 



 



 HOLY THURSDAY



 



 Is this a holy thing to see



   In a rich and fruitful land; 



 Babes reduced to misery;



   Fed with cold and usurous hand?



 



 Is that trembling cry a song?



   Can it be a song of joy?



 And so many children poor?



   It is a land of poverty!



 



 And their son does never shine;



   And their fields are bleak and bare;



 And their ways are filled with thorns:



   It is eternal winter there。



 



 For where'er the sun does shine;



   And where'er the rain does fall;



 Babes should never hunger there;



   Nor poverty the mind appa
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