The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . The Maid of Rcdciifayn i! 5! 5!i! (!ii i!i! (!f!5!i!(!i!i! <!?!. There yields and dies the Heaven-born power of love There was that Laurel stump whose bough beyond The walls of Paradise had been cast out;— And there that other branch of Myrtle Lcazes, With flowers gemmed, that brightest seemed of all, And full of words,— unread by him before. At once these words he read, or seemed to read, Fair Yndafrene somehow assisting him. Then music came : his eyes he opened wide: There was the ocean-beac
The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . The Maid of Rcdciifayn i! 5! 5!i! (!ii i!i! (!f!5!i!(!i!i! <!?!. There yields and dies the Heaven-born power of love There was that Laurel stump whose bough beyond The walls of Paradise had been cast out;— And there that other branch of Myrtle Lcazes, With flowers gemmed, that brightest seemed of all, And full of words,— unread by him before. At once these words he read, or seemed to read, Fair Yndafrene somehow assisting him. Then music came : his eyes he opened wide: There was the ocean-beach, and swimmers gay Disported with the waves, in merry moods, While on a stand a band of music played. And all around were scenes of revelry. Who further reads will read the happy wordsThat on those Myrtle Leazes so brightly shone,—•Distorted much by faults of memory,And by imagination varied more. The Youth had struggled hard fames crown to win,But what he wanted most was eer from all he gained, but love from none;For hate not love doth tread the trail of war;While not for hate but love the Youth was made. That curse of Willowdale its wra
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