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O beautiful bright world for ever young	A
And now with Wisdom grafted on thy Spring	B
Why do they slander thee with wailing tongue	A
And lose the wealth of thy long harvesting	B
Why do they say that thou art old and sad	C
When each fresh April nightingales are glad	C
And each returning May paired misselthrushes sing	B
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Stripped of our dreams'' It is the sleeper then	D
And not the shadowy corridors of night	E
Fair visions have deserted Hill and glen	D
As haunted are with wonder and delight	E
As when Endymion felt his eyelids kissed	F
By the moist moon and through the morning mist	F
Foam sandalled Venus flowered immaculately white	E
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No deities in sky or sun or moon	G
No nymphs in grove or hill in sea or stream''	H
Why I saw Artemis this very noon	G
Slip through the wood a momentary gleam	H
As satin as the sallow and as lithe	I
And heard her eager sleuth hounds baying blithe	I
Hard on the intruder's heels then rent Actaeon's scream	H
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Dead'' Hamadryads frisk in every wood	J
In every pool elusive Naiads dwell	K
Neptune's dread voice deep as when Troy still stood	J
Is stored for us in every murmuring shell	K
List you will hear But look and you will find	L
Iris in rainbow Hermes in the wind	L
Delphi's inspiring fount in every wayside well	K
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No God no Heaven'' The Gods you cannot kill	M
Nor banish from their seats the sainted choirs	N
The deep toned organ is Cecilia's still	M
Still lamb like Agnes quencheth wanton fires	O
Stephen still sanctifies the martyr's lot	P
And many a maiden though believing not	P
Beholds Madonna's face then chastens her desires	O
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O beautiful bright world for ever young	A
With gifts for ever fresh The seasons bring	B
All that they ever brought since flowers first sprung	A
To deck the blushing consciousness of Spring	B
Summer still makes us glad that we were born	Q
Our musings mellow with the mellowing corn	Q
And to our fireside loves wise Winter bids us cling	B
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What is there we have lost while hearts still beat	R
While thought still burns You cannot Man dethrone	S
Time's Heir Apparent from his sovran seat	R
Assail his empire or curtail its zone	S
What though fledged Science fearlessly explore	T
New worlds of knowledge unsurmised of yore	T
These fresh found realms the Muse annexes to its own	S
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Thus have we Eld's delights our own as well	K
Science is but Imagination's slave	U
Nor have the antique fables'' lost their spell	K
Because we pierce the sky and plumb the wave	U
For us the stars still sing the moon still grieves	V
The Fauns still rustle in the fallen leaves	V
The Crucified is risen and glorifies the grave	U
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Is Love less sweet because men loved of yore	T
No sweeter stronger with the ages' growth	W
Love's long descent ennobles loving more	T
And Helen's falsehood fortifies one's troth	W
Bridging Time's stream with life's commanding span	X
We stand upon the Present and we scan	X
Future and Past and seem to live along them both	W
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What have we lost we who have gained so much	Y
The mind of man familiar afar	Z
Hath upon sun star planet laid its touch	Y
Lassoed the lightning yoked it to his car	Z
Yet fear not lest that Knowledge should deflower	Z
The awe that veils the inviolable Power	Z
Or that we e'er shall learn what whence and why we are	Z
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'Tis Mystery lends a meaning unto Life	A2
Never quite guessed and simple souls mean while	B2
Find Paradise in mother sister wife	A2
The far one's faithfulness the near one's smile	B2
So long as valour wins and beauty charms	C2
And lovers throb into each other's arms	C2
How can you rail at life reproach it and revile	B2
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Woe agony despair'' Woe yes there is	D2
Despair there need not be Meek wisdom tries	E2
To gain from grief an after taste of bliss	F2
And sees a rainbow through its streaming eyes	E2
Nor if I could would I quite part with pain	G2
Lest pity die a loss and not a gain	G2
'Tis Pride alone despairs Be humble and be wise	E2
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We bear no burden of the bygone years ''	-
Their matter perishes their soul survives	H2
Widening our hopes and narrowing our fears	I2
Shedding a shadowy charm athwart our lives	J2
Guiding our gropings steadying our feet	R
Like to an ag d nurse that we may meet	R
The Future without dread whatever rue arrives	H2
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What if there were no Heaven there is the Earth	K2
What if there were no goal there is the race	L2
'Tis unfulfilled desire that staves off dearth	K2
Sustains the march and stimulates the pace	L2
Where is the prodigal waste of myriad lives''	L2
No life is wasted that loves hopes and strives	L2
And wears an eastward glow upon its fading face	L2
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O beautiful bright world Earth Heaven in one	M2
I thank thee for thy gifts the gift of birth	K2
The unbought bounty of air sky sea sun	M2
Seed time and shower harvest and mellow mirth	K2
For privilege to think to feel to strive	N2
I thank thee for the boon of being alive	N2
For Glory's deathless dream and Virtue's matchless worth	K2

Alfred Austin

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