SOUL SCENERY.
Each human soul is in itself a world;A world with scenery more wondrous farThan in the outer world was e'er revealed.To view aright this scen'ry, we must turnOur gaze from visions of the outer world,And ope Interior Perception's eye.And trusting to its clear, discerning light,We enter now the silent realm of mind.Behold! the region of Ideas; plainsO'er which the Understanding e'er presides;Beneath these plains are caverns, where are foundIdeas innate, the truths, the primal laws,Forever coexistent with the soul;Impressed by God upon its essence; whenIt 'merged from out the deep and dark unknownTo being, in the universe of mind.'Tis Reason holds these treasures in her trust,To guard, arrange, combine, and with the aidOf other pow'rs, and other things, to bringRich gems of thought to dignify the soul.Behold! where Phantasy her mountains rear,
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