The pleasures of hope, with other poems / By Thomas Campbell.

  • Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844
Date:
1812
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Credit: The pleasures of hope, with other poems / By Thomas Campbell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And o’er the path by mortal never trod, i Sprung to her source, the bosom of her God 1 Oh! lives there, heaven! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark idolater of Chance, Content to feed, with pleasures unrefin’d, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind ; Who, mould’ring earthward, ’reft of every trust, In joyless union wedded to the dust, Could all his parting energy dismiss, And call this barren world sufficient bliss ?— There live, alas! of heaven-directed mien, Of cultur’d soul, and sapient eye serene. Who hail thee, man! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm, and brother of the clay!