Poems (Jordan)/Substantial Fancies

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SUBSTANTIAL FANCIES
What we imagine is—abideth so.
 (Naught can unmake those things our thoughts have made;)
Denied though we may be to outward show,
 All things hath Fancy unto us conveyed.
We have the real though we the signs may miss;
 We have the substance which doth cast the shade;
Destruction's hand can never reach to this—
 Nor torch be to its strong foundations laid.

We have the craving which supplies the food;
 Our happiness is tendered by desire;
We have a minister to ev'ry mood,
 By having that which doth the mood inspire.
No thief can rob us of those treasures rare,
 Locked up in Fancy's vault; nor is he poor
Who may escape at will from outward care
 To gloat upon Imagination's store.

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