Fancy
The more I've viewed this world, the more I've found,
That filled as 't is with scenes and creatures rare,
Fancy commands within her own bright round
A world of scenes and creatures far more fair.
Nor is it thaTher power can call up there
A single charm, that's not from Nature won, —
No more than rainbows in their pride can wear
A single tint unborrowed from the sun;
But 't is the mental medium it shines thro',
That lends to Beauty all its charm and hue;
As the same light that o'er the level lake
One dull monotony of lustre flings,
Will, entering in the rounded raindrop, make
Colors as gay as those on angels' wings!
That filled as 't is with scenes and creatures rare,
Fancy commands within her own bright round
A world of scenes and creatures far more fair.
Nor is it thaTher power can call up there
A single charm, that's not from Nature won, —
No more than rainbows in their pride can wear
A single tint unborrowed from the sun;
But 't is the mental medium it shines thro',
That lends to Beauty all its charm and hue;
As the same light that o'er the level lake
One dull monotony of lustre flings,
Will, entering in the rounded raindrop, make
Colors as gay as those on angels' wings!
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