That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!

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Therefore I summon age To grant youth's heritage.

Therefore I summon age To grant youth's heritage.

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than...

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

Love is energy of life.

Love is energy of life.

But facts are facts and flinch not

But facts are facts and flinch not

I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting...

I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting...

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God...

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God...

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the...

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the...

I would have rummaged, ransacked at the word; Those old odd corners of an empty...

I would have rummaged, ransacked at the word; Those old odd corners of an empty...

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch...

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch...

This is our master, famous, calm, and dead, Borne on our shoulders.

This is our master, famous, calm, and dead, Borne on our shoulders.

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong,...

The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong,...

We know all too little about the factors that affect the attitudes of the peoples...

We know all too little about the factors that affect the attitudes of the peoples...