The Sorry Scheme
	97 Would but the Desert of the Fountain yield One glimpse---if dimly, yet indeed, reveal'd, To which the fainting Traveller might spring, As springs the trampled herbage of the field! 98 Would but some wingéd Angel ere too late Arrest the yet unfolded Roll of Fate, And make the stern Recorder otherwise Enregister, or quite obliterate! 99 Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits---and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire! previous              next
Vedder's note: Looking around and seeing such creatures as the buzzard, which only preys on the helpless or already wounded creatures, and beholding everywhere life secured by another's death, Love flies to the heart of Man, where alone in Nature it finds a refuge.