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If there be any power in passion’s prayer—But no: such ultimate longings have no word:There is no eloquence in last despair.Many have voiced their pain & answer heard;Though ’twere but this, that to give bodied formTo grief, call’d their own heart to combat it:But not ev’n thus can I pray;—thou strong storm,All-overpowering, baffling bravest wit,Wild spirit spurning cage of time or name,Furious intangible fire, no duteous thoughtCan deal with thee, to no calm altar-flameConfine, nor wish acceptable,—O if aughtFrom such dumb need can reach aught’s hearing ear,This is it now, O hear, O hear, O hear!
If there be any power in passion’s prayer—But no: such ultimate longings have no word:There is no eloquence in last despair.Many have voiced their pain & answer heard;Though ’twere but this, that to give bodied formTo grief, call’d their own heart to combat it:But not ev’n thus can I pray;—thou strong storm,All-overpowering, baffling bravest wit,Wild spirit spurning cage of time or name,Furious intangible fire, no duteous thoughtCan deal with thee, to no calm altar-flameConfine, nor wish acceptable,—O if aughtFrom such dumb need can reach aught’s hearing ear,This is it now, O hear, O hear, O hear!
If there be any power in passion’s prayer—But no: such ultimate longings have no word:There is no eloquence in last despair.
If there be any power in passion’s prayer—
But no: such ultimate longings have no word:
There is no eloquence in last despair.
Many have voiced their pain & answer heard;Though ’twere but this, that to give bodied formTo grief, call’d their own heart to combat it:But not ev’n thus can I pray;—thou strong storm,All-overpowering, baffling bravest wit,Wild spirit spurning cage of time or name,Furious intangible fire, no duteous thoughtCan deal with thee, to no calm altar-flameConfine, nor wish acceptable,—O if aught
Many have voiced their pain & answer heard;
Though ’twere but this, that to give bodied form
To grief, call’d their own heart to combat it:
But not ev’n thus can I pray;—thou strong storm,
All-overpowering, baffling bravest wit,
Wild spirit spurning cage of time or name,
Furious intangible fire, no duteous thought
Can deal with thee, to no calm altar-flame
Confine, nor wish acceptable,—O if aught
From such dumb need can reach aught’s hearing ear,This is it now, O hear, O hear, O hear!
From such dumb need can reach aught’s hearing ear,
This is it now, O hear, O hear, O hear!