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 * From all we hear and all we see.
 * Doubt, chance, and mutability.

Thy light alone, like mist o'er mountains driven,
 * Or music by the night wind sent
 * Thro' strings of some still instrument,
 * Or moonlight on a midnight stream,

Gives grace and truth to life's unquiet dream.

Love, Hope, and Self-esteem, like clouds, depart
 * And come, for some uncertain moments lent.
 * Man were immortal, and omnipotent,

Didst thou, unknown and awful as thou art, Keep with thy glorious train firm state within his heart.
 * Thou messenger of sympathies
 * That wax and wane in lover's eyes;

Thou, that to human thought are nourishment,
 * Like darkness to a dying flame!
 * Depart not as thy shadow came:
 * Depart not, lest the grave should be,

Like life and fear, a dark reality.