| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | “Hearts of eternity” | | By William Ellery Channing (1818–1901) |
| | | HEARTS of eternity,—hearts of the deep! | |
| Proclaim from land to sea your mighty fate; | |
| How that for you no living comes too late; | |
| How ye cannot in Theban labyrinth creep; | |
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| How ye great harvests from small surface reap; | 5 |
| Shout, excellent band, in grand primeval strain, | |
| Like midnight winds that foam along the main, | |
| And do all things rather than pause and weep. | |
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| A human heart knows nought of littleness, | |
| Suspects no man, compares with no one’s ways, | 10 |
| Hath in one hour most glorious length of days, | |
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| A recompense, a joy, a loveliness; | |
| Like eaglet keen, shoots into azure far, | |
| And always dwelling nigh is the remotest star. | | | | |
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