CHARLES HEAVYSEGE
OPEN, my heart, thy ruddy valves;It is thy master calls;Let me go down, and curious traceThy labyrinthine halls.Open, O heart, and let me viewThe secrets of thy den;Myself unto myself now showWith introspective ken.Expose thyself, thou covered nestOf passions, and be seen;Stir up thy brood, that in unrestAre ever piping keen.Ah! what a motley multitude—Magnanimous and mean!
OPEN, my heart, thy ruddy valves;It is thy master calls;Let me go down, and curious traceThy labyrinthine halls.Open, O heart, and let me viewThe secrets of thy den;Myself unto myself now showWith introspective ken.Expose thyself, thou covered nestOf passions, and be seen;Stir up thy brood, that in unrestAre ever piping keen.Ah! what a motley multitude—Magnanimous and mean!
OPEN, my heart, thy ruddy valves;It is thy master calls;Let me go down, and curious traceThy labyrinthine halls.
OPEN, my heart, thy ruddy valves;
It is thy master calls;
Let me go down, and curious trace
Thy labyrinthine halls.
Open, O heart, and let me viewThe secrets of thy den;Myself unto myself now showWith introspective ken.
Open, O heart, and let me view
The secrets of thy den;
Myself unto myself now show
With introspective ken.
Expose thyself, thou covered nestOf passions, and be seen;Stir up thy brood, that in unrestAre ever piping keen.Ah! what a motley multitude—Magnanimous and mean!
Expose thyself, thou covered nest
Of passions, and be seen;
Stir up thy brood, that in unrest
Are ever piping keen.
Ah! what a motley multitude—
Magnanimous and mean!