Saturday, July 9, 2011

Emily


Maddest Joy

WHO never wanted, - maddest joy
Remains to him unknown;
The banquet of abstemiousness
Surpasses that of wine.

 
Within its hope, though yet ungrasped
Desire's perfect goal,
No nearer, lest reality
Should disentrall thy soul.
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