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Songs
of the Common Day, and Ave!
An
Ode for the Shelley Centenary
by
Charles G.D. Roberts
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IN
THE WIDE AWE AND WISDOM OF THE NIGHT
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IN the
wide awe and wisdom of the night
I saw the round world
rolling on its way,
Beyond significance of depth or height,
Beyond the interchange
of dark and day.
I marked the march to which is set no pause,
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And
that stupendous orbit, round whose rim
The great sphere sweeps, obedient unto laws
That utter the eternal
thought of Him.
I compassed time, outstripped the starry speed,
And in my still soul
apprehended space,
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Till,
weighing laws which these but blindly heed,
At last I came before
Him face to face,—
And knew the Universe of no such span
As the august infinitude of Man. |
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