<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=518834" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Opposition</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of fret, of dark, of thorn, of chill,<br> Complain no more; for these, O heart,<br>Direct the random of the will<br> As rhymes direct the rage of art.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lute's fixt fret, that runs athwart<br> The strain and purpose of the string,<br>For governance and nice consort<br> Doth bar his wilful wavering.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dark hath many dear avails;<br> The dark distils divinest dews;<br>The dark is rich with nightingales,<br> With dreams, and with the heavenly Muse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bleeding with thorns of petty strife,<br> I'll ease (as lovers do) my smart<br>With sonnets to my lady Life<br> Writ red in issues from the heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What grace may lie within the chill<br> Of favor frozen fast in scorn!<br>When Good's a-freeze, we call it Ill!<br> This rosy Time is glacier-born.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of fret, of dark, of thorn, of chill,<br> Complain thou not, O heart; for these<br>Bank-in the current of the will<br> To uses, arts, and charities.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sidney+Lanier">Sidney Lanier</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=518834" data-title="Opposition de Sidney Lanier" data-description="Of fret, of dark, of thorn, of chill, Complain no more; for these, O heart, Direct the random of the will As rhymes direct the rage of art. The lute's fixt fret, that runs athwart The strain and purpose of the string, For governance and nice c..."></div> </div> </div>

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