Such Lofty Dreams

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When lost in classics 'ere my time,

I find myself in abject awe

Of centuries where prose and rhyme

Were wholly evident to all.

So unabashed in speech and tale

Are thinkers of the bygone year.

I wonder to myself, "Oh, will

There ever be another clear

Command of thought, of mystic tongue

That bows unto a grateful mind?

Indeed, although my heart is young,

I stand upon a hope to find

Whatever did possess those souls

To summon forth such lofty dreams!

For one day, I, with names of old,

May find my own between the seams."

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