Here you will find the Poem Lines: of poet Henry Timrod
I stooped from star-bright regions, where Thou canst not enter even in prayer; And thought to light thy heart and hearth With all the poesy of earth. Oh, foolish hope! those mystic gleams To thee were unsubstantial dreams; The paltry world had made thee blind, And shut thy heart and dulled thy mind. I was a vassal at thy feet, And cringed more meanly than was meet, And since I dared not to be free, Was scouted as a slave should be. I gave thee all -- my truth, my trust -- I bowed my spirit in the dust, I put a crown upon thy brow, And am its proper victim now.
