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From black and noxious vapours bred,
and nurs'd by want of thought,
And to the door of frenzy's self
by perseverance brought,
and nurs'd by want of thought,
And to the door of frenzy's self
by perseverance brought,
Thy most inglorious, coward tears
from brutal eyes have ran:
Smiles, incommunicable smiles!
are radiant marks of man;
from brutal eyes have ran:
Smiles, incommunicable smiles!
are radiant marks of man;
They cast a sudden glory round
th' illumin'd human face;
And light in sons of honest joy
some beams of Moses' face:
th' illumin'd human face;
And light in sons of honest joy
some beams of Moses' face:
Is resignation's lesson hard?
examine, we shall find
That duty gives up little more
than anguish of the mind;
examine, we shall find
That duty gives up little more
than anguish of the mind;
Resign; and all the load of life
that moment you remove,
Its heavy tax, ten thousand cares
devolve on one above;
that moment you remove,
Its heavy tax, ten thousand cares
devolve on one above;
Who bids us lay our burthen down
on his almighty hands,
Softens our duty to relief,
to blessing a command.
on his almighty hands,
Softens our duty to relief,
to blessing a command.
For
