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WITHIN AND WITHOUT: A Dramatic Poem PART III

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  And weep not, though the Beautiful decay

  Within thy heart, as daily in thine eyes;

  Thy heart must have its autumn, its pale skies,

  Leading, mayhap, to winter's dim dismay.

  Yet doubt not. Beauty doth not pass away;

  Her form departs not, though her body dies.

  Secure beneath the earth the snowdrop lies,

  Waiting the spring's young resurrection-day,

  Through the kind nurture of the winter cold.

  Nor seek thou by vain effort to revive

  The summer-time, when roses were alive;

  Do thou thy work—be willing to be old:

  Thy sorrow is the husk that doth infold

  A gorgeous June, for which thou need'st not strive.


Time: Five years later.

The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1

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