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1823–1896

II.— HEAVEN AND EARTH.

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

How long shall men deny the flower Because its roots are in the earth, And crave with tears from God the dower They have, and have despised as dearth,

And scorn as low their human lot, With frantic pride, too blind to see That standing on the head makes not Either for ease or dignity!

But fools shall feel like fools to find ( Too late inform'd ) that angels’ mirth Is one in cause, and mode, and kind With that which they profaned on earth.

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