A gallery of famous English and American poets . COLERIDGE. i*^^ HYMN BEFORE SUNEISE IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI, Hast thou a charm to stay the morning starIn his steep course? So long he seems to pauseOn thy bald awful head, 0 sovran Blanc!The Arve and Arveiron at thy baseRave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful form!Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, 42 1G5 166 COLERIDGE. How silently ! Around thee and above,Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black,An ebon mass; methinks thou piercest with a wedge! But when I look again,It is thine own calm home, thy crystal habitat
A gallery of famous English and American poets . COLERIDGE. i*^^ HYMN BEFORE SUNEISE IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI, Hast thou a charm to stay the morning starIn his steep course? So long he seems to pauseOn thy bald awful head, 0 sovran Blanc!The Arve and Arveiron at thy baseRave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful form!Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, 42 1G5 166 COLERIDGE. How silently ! Around thee and above,Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black,An ebon mass; methinks thou piercest with a wedge! But when I look again,It is thine own calm home, thy crystal habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee,Till thou, still ]Dresent to the bodily sense. Didst vanish fi-om my thought: entranced in prayer, 1 worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet, like some sweet beguiling sweet we know not we are listening to , the meanwhile, wast blending with mv thought,Yea, with my life and lifes own secret joy;Till the dilating soul, enrapt,. the mighty vision passing— in her n
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