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A dream there is wherein we are fain to scream, / While struggling with ourselves we cannot speak: / And much of all our waking life, as weak / And misconceived, eludes us like the dream. / For half life's seemings are not what they seem, / And vain the laughs we laugh, the shrieks we shriek; / Yea, all is vain that mars the settled meek / Contented quiet of our daily theme. / When I was young I deemed that sweets are sweet: / But now I deem some searching bitters are / Sweeter than sweets, and more refreshing far, / And to be relished more, and more desired, / And more to be pursued on eager feet, / On feet untired, and still on feet though tired.