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COMPOSED ON THE NIGHT AFTER HIS RECITATION / OF A POEM ON THE GROWTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL / MIND.
Friend of the wise! and Teacher of the Good! / Into my heart have I received that Lay / More than historic, that prophetic Lay / Wherein (high theme by thee first sung aright) / Of the foundations and the building up / Of a Human Spirit thou hast dared to tell / What may be told, to the understanding mind / Revealable; and what within the mind / By vital breathings secret as the soul / Of vernal growth, oft quickens in the heart / Thoughts all too deep for words! --