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" It may indeed be fantasy when I
Essay to draw from all created things
Deep, heartfelt, inward joy that closely clings;
And trace in leaves and flowers that round me lie
Lessons of love and earnest piety.
So let it be; and if the wide world rings
In mock of this belief, it brings
Nor fear, nor grief, nor vain perplexity.
So will I build my altar in the fields,
And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be,
And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields
Shall be the incense I will yield to Thee,
Thee only God! and thou shalt not despise
Even me, the priest of this poor sacrifice. "

Samuel Taylor Coleridge


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Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote : It may indeed be fantasy when I<br />Essay to draw from all created things<br />Deep, heartfelt, inward joy that closely clings;<br />And trace in leaves and flowers that round me lie<br />Lessons of love and earnest piety.<br />So let it be; and if the wide world rings<br />In mock of this belief, it brings<br />Nor fear, nor grief, nor vain perplexity.<br />So will I build my altar in the fields,<br />And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be,<br />And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields<br />Shall be the incense I will yield to Thee,<br />Thee only God! and thou shalt not despise<br />Even me, the priest of this poor sacrifice.