Where in the lily lurks the mind,
Where in the rose discern the soul?More mindless still, stream, pasture, lake;
The mountains yet more heartless seem. [...]It is their silence that appals,
Their aspect motionless that awes,
When searching spirit vainly calls
On the effect to bare the Cause. (Alfred Austin)

Where in the lily lurks the mind, Where in the rose discern the soul?More mindless still, stream, pasture, lake; The mountains yet more heartless seem. [...]It is their silence that appals, Their aspect motionless that awes, When searching spirit vainly calls On the effect to bare the Cause.

Alfred Austin

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