TRUTH.Itis not in the heart of thought,Nor in the breast of care;That truth its dwelling-place has sought,For all is sterile there:Nor is it in the mind, where gayDelusive visions throng,That chastening truth can find a wayIts glittering dreams among:Yet as within the desert far,There are reflections givenOf light, so in the heart there areRemembrances of Heaven.
Itis not in the heart of thought,Nor in the breast of care;That truth its dwelling-place has sought,For all is sterile there:Nor is it in the mind, where gayDelusive visions throng,That chastening truth can find a wayIts glittering dreams among:Yet as within the desert far,There are reflections givenOf light, so in the heart there areRemembrances of Heaven.
Itis not in the heart of thought,Nor in the breast of care;That truth its dwelling-place has sought,For all is sterile there:Nor is it in the mind, where gayDelusive visions throng,That chastening truth can find a wayIts glittering dreams among:Yet as within the desert far,There are reflections givenOf light, so in the heart there areRemembrances of Heaven.
Itis not in the heart of thought,Nor in the breast of care;That truth its dwelling-place has sought,For all is sterile there:
Itis not in the heart of thought,
Nor in the breast of care;
That truth its dwelling-place has sought,
For all is sterile there:
Nor is it in the mind, where gayDelusive visions throng,That chastening truth can find a wayIts glittering dreams among:
Nor is it in the mind, where gay
Delusive visions throng,
That chastening truth can find a way
Its glittering dreams among:
Yet as within the desert far,There are reflections givenOf light, so in the heart there areRemembrances of Heaven.
Yet as within the desert far,
There are reflections given
Of light, so in the heart there are
Remembrances of Heaven.