A Life's Secret
I BEAR within the casket of my soul
The image of a far-off bygone love
Dwelling in loneliness, supreme above
Life's little tale of errors. The long toll
Of death's sad bell striking a sick man's ear
Bids not more melancholy thoughts to roll
Within the moving ocean of the mind,
Than when this memory stands distinct and clear
Before my sight, what time the Night hath lined
The concave universe with stars: I strive
To banish all the thoughts that It creates
With sterner meditations, but alive
Like to the Phœnix, still it emanates
From its own dust, and with my fancy mates.
The image of a far-off bygone love
Dwelling in loneliness, supreme above
Life's little tale of errors. The long toll
Of death's sad bell striking a sick man's ear
Bids not more melancholy thoughts to roll
Within the moving ocean of the mind,
Than when this memory stands distinct and clear
Before my sight, what time the Night hath lined
The concave universe with stars: I strive
To banish all the thoughts that It creates
With sterner meditations, but alive
Like to the Phœnix, still it emanates
From its own dust, and with my fancy mates.
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