We figure to ourselves
The thing we like; and then we build it up,
As chance will have it, on the rock or sand,-
For thought is tired of wandering o'er the world,
And homebound Fancy runs her bark ashore. (Henry Taylor)

We figure to ourselves The thing we like; and then we build it up, As chance will have it, on the rock or sand,- For thought is tired of wandering o'er the world, And homebound Fancy runs her bark ashore.

Henry Taylor

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