threadoflife
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The irresponsive silence of the land,
The irresponsive sounding of the sea,
Speak both one message of one sense to me: -
Aloof, aloof, we stand aloof, so stand
Thou too aloof bound with the flawless band
Of inner solitude; we bind not thee;
But who from thy self-chain shall set thee free?
What heart shall touch thy heart? what hand thy hand? -
And I am sometimes proud and sometimes meek,
And sometimes I remember days of old
When fellowship seemed not far to seek
And all the world and I seemed much less cold,
And at the rainbow's foot lay surely good.
And hope felt strongly and life itself not weak.Christina Rossetti - "Thread of Life"