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 se… - Alfred Austin

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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.