would you?
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When the world is all a laugh,
And a welcome without warning;
At life's Cana-feast, the guest,
Lingering on with thirst unsated,
Finds a later draught the best:
Miracles,—when thou hast waited!
And a welcome without warning;
At life's Cana-feast, the guest,
Lingering on with thirst unsated,
Finds a later draught the best:
Miracles,—when thou hast waited!
Thought must shade and sun the soul
With its glorious mutations;
Every life-song is a whole
Sweeter for its variations.
Wherefore with your bliss at strife?
'T was an angel that withstood you.
Could you change your perfect life
For a dream of living,—would you?
With its glorious mutations;
Every life-song is a whole
Sweeter for its variations.
Wherefore with your bliss at strife?
'T was an angel that withstood you.
Could you change your perfect life
For a dream of living,—would you?
