The Mind
Hast Thou Seen, with Flash Incessant
From Inscriptions Supposed to Be Found in and near a Hermit's Cell
The Mind
Hast thou seen, with flash incessant,
Bubbles gliding under ice,
Bodied forth and evanescent,
No one knows by what device?
Such are thoughts!--a wind-swept meadow
Mimicking a troubled sea,
Such is life; and death a shadow
From the rock eternity!
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Wordsworth, William. “Hast Thou Seen, with Flash Incessant.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wordsworth/321/.
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Wordsworth, William. “Hast Thou Seen, with Flash Incessant.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wordsworth/321/.
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