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Poems (Jordan)/Substantial Fancies

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4640239Poems — Substantial FanciesRebecca Queen Jordan
SUBSTANTIAL FANCIES
What we imagine is—abideth so.(Naught can unmake those things our thoughts have made;)Denied though we may be to outward show,All things hath Fancy unto us conveyed.We have the real though we the signs may miss;We have the substance which doth cast the shade;Destruction's hand can never reach to this—Nor torch be to its strong foundations laid.
We have the craving which supplies the food;Our happiness is tendered by desire;We have a minister to ev'ry mood,By having that which doth the mood inspire.No thief can rob us of those treasures rare,Locked up in Fancy's vault; nor is he poorWho may escape at will from outward careTo gloat upon Imagination's store.