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Thomas Hood - To An Enthusiast
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Young ardent soul, graced with fair Nature`s truth, 
Spring warmth of heart, and fervency of mind, 
And still a large late love of all thy kind. 
Spite of the world`s cold practice and Time`s tooth,— 
For all these gifts, I know not, in fair sooth, 
Whether to give thee joy, or bid thee blind 
Thine eyes with tears,—that thou hast not resign`d 
The passionate fire and freshness of thy youth: 
For as the current of thy life shall flow, 
Gilded by shine of sun or shadow-stain`d, 
Through flow`ry valley or unwholesome fen, 
Thrice blessed in thy joy, or in thy woe 
Thrice cursed of thy race,—thou art ordain`d 
To share beyond the lot of common men.
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