Poems . candle one ray Irom a closed casement the dim balustrade all bewildered he watching the broken and shim-mering blink. She rose, And swept to the ddor. LUCILE. 65 Of the stars on the veering and vitreousbrink Of that snake-like prone column of wa-ter ; and listing Aloof oer the languors of air the persist-ing Sharp horn of tlie gray gnat. Before herelinquished His unconscious employment, that lightwas extinguished. Wheels, at last, from the inn dooraroused him. He ran Down the stairs ; reached the door —just to see her depart. Down the mountain the carria
Poems . candle one ray Irom a closed casement the dim balustrade all bewildered he watching the broken and shim-mering blink. She rose, And swept to the ddor. LUCILE. 65 Of the stars on the veering and vitreousbrink Of that snake-like prone column of wa-ter ; and listing Aloof oer the languors of air the persist-ing Sharp horn of tlie gray gnat. Before herelinquished His unconscious employment, that lightwas extinguished. Wheels, at last, from the inn dooraroused him. He ran Down the stairs ; reached the door —just to see her depart. Down the mountain the carriage wasspeeding. X. His heartPealed the knell of its last hope. He rushed on ; but whitherHe knew not — on, into the dark cloudy weather —The midnight — the mountains — on, over the shelfOf the precipice — on, still — away from* himself!Till, exhausted, he sank mid the dead leaves and mossAt the mouth of the forest. A glim-mering crossOf gray stone stood for prayer by the woodside. He sankPrayerless, powerless, down at its base, mid the dankWeeds and grasses ; his face hid amongst them. He knewThat the night had divided his whole life in
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