The Mind
Ideal
From Poetical Works (1916): Lyrical Poems: Early Poems
The Mind
Fragment of a perfect plan
Is the mortal life of man :
Beauty alone can make it whole,
Beauty alone can help the soul
To labour over the island span
Lying between seas that roll
Darkly, forward and behind :
Beauty beatific will bind
The mortal and the immortal mind.
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MacDonagh, Thomas. “Ideal.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonagh/52/.
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MacDonagh, Thomas. “Ideal.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonagh/52/.
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