George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903.
ContentWilliam Ellery Channing (18181901)
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The spirits of serene content,
As clear as from its moss-grown well
Rises the crystal element.
With many a dint of stormy weather,
Rises, a sumptuous screen, debarred
Of nothing that links life together.
More feelings than the rarest art,
For nothing can aspire so high
As beatings of the human heart.
Poor pensioner on nature’s store,
And clasp the least, and hold most dear
What seemeth small, and add the more.