Poems

Chapter 28: JOY.

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A compact collection of short lyrics and occasional longer pieces that pair devotional reflection with sentimental and patriotic themes. Poems move between nature scenes, seascapes, and seasonal detail to explore faith, hope, duty, and the consolations of memory. Language tends toward clear, hymnlike phrasing and moral admonition, with moments of celebratory exhortation and public commemoration interspersed among intimate domestic and pastoral sketches.

JOY.

I sought for it everywhere

In the circuit of earth and of air;

In the blessing's ambition will bring;

In beautiful, bountiful spring.

I sought for it high and low,

Where thought of a mortal may go;

But never a trace could I find;

I could not, for lo! I was blind.