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HEIGHT IN DEPTH - ZaunköniG - 10.06.2007 HEIGHT IN DEPTH HE turned his face apart, and gave a sigh And a strange whimper—such a pitiful thing As haunts the heart for days. “Yes, Love can bring Unto a pass so low that it seems high: And, when we see a brave and strong man cry With a poor infant's feeble sorrowing, It is a nobler passion than to wing Shafts of small angers and small prides,” thought I. There is a love so deaf that it can hear Not even its own voice which bids it seek A name for its own meanness: it would find The outlet else. But thus it is a sheer Humility—an earnestness so meek That your knees bow and sharp tears make you blind. |