A great Hope fell

A great Hope fell
You heard no crash[^a1]noise
The havoc[^a2]damage[^a3]Ruin was within
Oh cunning wreck that told no tale
And let no Witness in

[^a1: crash | crash]

[^a2: havoc | havoc]

[^a3: damage | damage]

The mind was built for mighty Freight
For dread occasion planned
How often foundering at Sea
Ostensibly, on Land

A not admitting of the wound
Until it grew so wide
That all my Life had entered it
And there were space[^a4]room[^a5]troughs beside
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[^a4: space | space]

[^a5: room | room]

A closing of the simple lid
That opened to the sun
Until the tender Carpenter
Perpetual nail it down --