John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Margaret Witter Fuller John Bartlett
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I am immortal! I know it! I feel it! Hope floods my heart with delight! Running on air, mad with life, dizzy, reeling, Upward I mount—faith is sight, life is feeling, Hope is the day-star of might! |
Dryad Song. Stanza 1. |
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It was thy kiss, Love, that made me immortal. 1 |
Dryad Song. Stanza 2. |
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Chance cannot touch me! Time cannot hush me! Fear, hope, and longing, at strife, Sink as I rise, on, on, upward forever, Gathering strength, gaining breath,—naught can sever Me from the Spirit of Life! |
Dryad Song. Stanza 4. |
Note 1. See Marlowe, page 40. Make me immortal with a kiss. [back] |