. Acrostic sonnets, and other poems . A SONNET Ithough I met Thee first but yesterday. It seems to me our souls have ^noipn beforeIn some past age, on some celestial shore. Ere doomed to dwell mthin these prisons of clay. One image ever oer my thoughts held swayAnd I did often ask if eaHh eer boreA being lil^e to her I brooded oer; But years passed on and none did cross my way. But when Thine Angel Face mine eyes soul Was thrilled with sweetest ecstasy. For then I knew that on the earth there dwelledThe Being divine, etherial, heavenly. Whom but a dream though long to think compelled
. Acrostic sonnets, and other poems . A SONNET Ithough I met Thee first but yesterday. It seems to me our souls have ^noipn beforeIn some past age, on some celestial shore. Ere doomed to dwell mthin these prisons of clay. One image ever oer my thoughts held swayAnd I did often ask if eaHh eer boreA being lil^e to her I brooded oer; But years passed on and none did cross my way. But when Thine Angel Face mine eyes soul Was thrilled with sweetest ecstasy. For then I knew that on the earth there dwelledThe Being divine, etherial, heavenly. Whom but a dream though long to think last I knew was a reality. A CHAIN O LAKES REVERIE. / erenel^ shines the full May Moon,Bathing the hills Tvith gentle light. I, by a woodland lal^e aswoon. Sit dreaming filled with pure delight. II The- Zephyrs wander thru the trees And sweetest fragrance with them hear; And from across the lal^e, the breezeWafts heavnly music on the air. Ill All this my soul feels and much more. When thought of THEE steals oer my mind,MOONLIT LAKE! MUSIC! SYLVANSHORE!BREEZE LADEN WITH PERFUME!combined. (The Chain o LakesFrancisco.) Lre in Golden Gate Park, San 10 RODINS LE PENSEUR i v^M 1 / pon a rock THE THINKER sits and head upon his hand, and never blinks An eye but steadfast gazes on the silent and as solemn as the Sphinx. II What might]) thoughts are born within that brain?What dreams are dreamt? What songs are sang?Explain, 0 THINKER, what Thou thinkest of, I make for once and all Thy meaning plain. Ill Methought THE THINKER from his seat arose;Meihought he spoke and what do you suppose 1 heard? Well, this is what he
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