A vision of life

Chapter 13: “EACH HATH THE TYPE OF BLISS WITHIN HIS THOUGHT”

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A sequence of lyrical and visionary poems that probe human experience through nature, memory, and spiritual reflection. Imagery moves from intimate domestic details to wild and mythic landscapes while meters shift between compact lyrics and more elaborate, Elizabethan-influenced lines. recurring concerns include loss and consolation, the passage of time, faith and renewed hope, and occasional public or allegorical addresses. A reflective voice oscillates between melancholy and affirmation, transforming everyday objects and moments into metaphysical insight. The work favors careful reading to appreciate its subtle verbal music, disciplined metrical shaping, and layered symbolism.

“EACH HATH THE TYPE OF BLISS WITHIN HIS THOUGHT”

Each hath the Type of bliss within his thought

That utters for him all his Life would be:

The summit of his soul’s felicity,

The consummation wherein should be wrought

In deft attainment all his spirit bought

Awhile in fervent hope—whose roundest fee

’Twas good to pay. ’Tis so: enough! For me,

Be it amiss or be it fitly sought,

This would I crave—that mine and thy full soul

May touch their mutual deep content, howe’er

Life twists its tortuous course; may still control

Their Individuality, yet fare

So subtly each on each, that as one whole

They might stretch to their goal in God’s pure air.