Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems

How little and how lightly
We care for one another!
How seldom and how slightly
Consider each a brother!
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Whirling, eddying, ebbing Present,
Foamy tide of strife and noise,
Mingled-bitter, mingled-pleasant,
Loves and worries, cares and joys,--
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Alone,-- at the point of the spear
True Genius does battle, Alone,--
Unhelp'd, and unhinder'd, by favour or fear,
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I.
Immortal! risen to thy Rest,
Immortal! throned among the Blest,
Immortal! long an heir sublime
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Dear Nurse of Thought, calm chaos-brooding dove,
Thee, Silence, well I love;
Mother of Fancy, friend and sister mine,
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Well has the world been named the World,--
From its whirlpool heart of worrying things
On circling tides incessantly curl'd
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Haste! the poor old Earth is dying,--
Do God service while you can;
Haste! too hurriedly is flying
All this halcyon chance of man;
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Father,- Maker, God and Guide!
Who dost all my wants provide,
Ever by Thy servant's side
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God my Father, God my Friend,
Whose love doth all my thoughts transcend
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Plunged in my brain, fermenting thick and warm,
Simmer deep thoughts; and shape themselves apace,
So soon as Quiet for a little space
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