Like him who, all unknowing,
Is frozen and congeal’d!
I know it—ah, I know it;
Of all the world ’tis true;
And the fibres of the poet
Must break—or toughen too.
5.
Thank God with all my spirit
For my only, only cheer,
Since I learn’d that I inherit
Like him who, all unknowing,
Is frozen and congeal’d!
I know it—ah, I know it;
Of all the world ’tis true;
And the fibres of the poet
Must break—or toughen too.
5.
Thank God with all my spirit
For my only, only cheer,
Since I learn’d that I inherit