H .
0 . Meredith .
And all their
secrets
tell.
Friendship
of delight
is
dear
But ever
questionable
;
Sorrow
alone
can
fix
love
over
fear
,
Throned
upon
certainty
,
all doubts
removed
.
Even
so'
tis
nothing
God
to
have
proved
Mid
colours
of
the
day
,
Nothing
to
find his footsteps
in
the
stars
:
For
these
are
bright
,
Filling
our
soul
with
vintage
of
delight
,
Poured
from
inexhaustible
jars
Quenching
dismay
.
But
if
man
found
him
in
the
infinity
Beyond
the
infinities
of
time and place
,
The
space
that
is
no
space
,
The time that
is
no
time
,
A
Law
where
Law
is
not
That were
a
God
of
certainty
,
To
make
each
particle
of
being
chime
Accordant
with
its
lot
.
Searching
the outer
gloom
No God
I
saw
;
Only
the shadows
of
my
hopes
and
fears
,
Imaginary
triumph
,
fancied
doom
,
No higher
law
Determining
the room
of
space
,
Ranging
the
years
,
Preordaining
time and
place
.
Again
,
again
the words
Pierced
to
my
brain
like
swords
:
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