George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903.
Two MoodsSidney Henry Morse (18331903)
“No fetter else. Oh! free
My mind shall rove, and bring
Me home on buoyant wing
The boldest thought that flies:
Blest freedom else unknown.
All shorn the soul denies
All beauty thus to own.”
Then spoke a voice in gentler strain,
Yet chanting still the high refrain:
“Nor rove will I to clip the wing
Of thoughts that fly and gaily sing.
Home, home I hie, all free to list
The silent song I ne’er resist.”