546
To fill a Gap
Insert the Thing that caused it –
Block it up
With other – and ‘twill yawn the more –
You cannot solder an Abyss
With air
547
I’ve seen a Dying Eye
Run round and round a Room –
In search of Someting – as it seemed –
The Cloudier become –
And then – obscure with Fog –
And then – be soldered down
Without dosclosing what it be
‘Twere blessed to have seen –
568
We learned the Whole of Love –
The Alphabet – the Words –
A Chapter – then the mighty Book –
Then – Revelation closed –
But each Other’s eyes
An Ignorance beheld –
Diviner than the Childhood’s –
And each to each, a child –
Attempted to expound
What Neither – understood –
Alas, that Wisdom is so large –
And Thuth – so manifold!
606
The Trees like Tassels – hit – and swung –
There seemed to rise a Tune
From Miniature Creatures,
Accompanying the Sun –
Far Psalteries of Summer –
Enamoring the Ear
They never yet did satisfy –
Remotest – when most fair
The Sun shine whole at intervals –
Then Half – then utter hid –
As if Himself were optional
And owned Estates of Cloud
Sufficient to enfold Him
Eternally from view –
Except it were a whim of His
To let the Orchards grow –
A Bird sat careless on the fence –
One gossipped in the Lane
On silver matters charmed a Snake
Just winding round a Stone –
Bright Flowers slit a Calix
Or soared upon a Stem
Like Hundered Flags – Sweet hoisted
With Spices – in the Hem –
‘Twas more – I cannot mention –
How mwan – to those that see –
Vandykes Delineation
Of Nature’s – Summer Day!
632
The Brain – is wider than the Sky –
For – put them side by side –
The one the other will contain
With ease – and You – beside –
The Brain is deeper than the sea –
For – hold them – Blue to Blue –
The one the other will absorb –
As Sponges – Buckets – do –
The Brain is just the weight of God –
For – Heft them – Poud to Pound –
And they will differ – if they do –
As syllable from sound –
637
The Child’s faith is new –
Whole – like His Principle –
Wide – like the Sunrise
On fresh Eyes –
Never had a Doubt –
Laughs – at a Scruple –
Believes al sham
But Paradise –
Credits the World –
Deems His Dominion
Broadest of Sovreignties –
And Caesar – mean –
In the Comparison –
Baseless Emperor –
Ruler of Nought,
Yet swaying all –
Grown bye and bye
To hold mistaken
His pretty estimates
Of prikly Things
He gains the skill
Sorrowfull – as certain –
Men – to anticipate
Instead of Kings.
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