The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . The Book of Loves and Dreams. And groans with grief for her wheneer she calls;— Of might}- kings, stronger than Hercules, Braver than Caesar or Leonidas, Battling for glory with their armored hosts; — Of queens fairer than light, sweeter than flowers, With eyes like Vespers, and with smiles like Mays; A panorama actual and sublime. Like moving pictures on a canvass vast, All history and hypothesis, all myths. Fables, fictions and dreams of fairy-land; But chiefly such as pictured forth like life
The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . The Book of Loves and Dreams. And groans with grief for her wheneer she calls;— Of might}- kings, stronger than Hercules, Braver than Caesar or Leonidas, Battling for glory with their armored hosts; — Of queens fairer than light, sweeter than flowers, With eyes like Vespers, and with smiles like Mays; A panorama actual and sublime. Like moving pictures on a canvass vast, All history and hypothesis, all myths. Fables, fictions and dreams of fairy-land; But chiefly such as pictured forth like life Bright scenes of love, and deeds of chivalry. Right ever victor, wrong ever oerthrown. A sunny morn it was, and summer lake with legends, and this classic shore:Huge rocks were piled around, all cool with dew ^^H ? ^^^BmH y- ->- - r-t — ^* Cj^A^ te^e^ggj^^ - — -ia^.:*?- ^;^^^^^^M| 1^ ^§11^-=^ ^~ If IIII Iw ?• The Lake with Legends.
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