. Twilight dreams: being poems and pictures of life and nature . NOON-DREAM. *~p^ WAS in a noon-dream by the summer bay,1 jl Spirit, tliy vision rose upon my sight ;■^ A presence which came floating oer the spray Like a rich soul of odorous wind and Hght,That seemed famihar as one passed away, Gentle, beloved, returned from yonder heightTo _;uard and to inspire ; and all that dayMost radiant phantasies, aerial, warm,Vnd ^weet as summer, vibrating at fancy shaped : nor art thou gone, for still I dream of thee when sorrow and when ni^htAre round me, and my fancy shapes thy form,And brow
. Twilight dreams: being poems and pictures of life and nature . NOON-DREAM. *~p^ WAS in a noon-dream by the summer bay,1 jl Spirit, tliy vision rose upon my sight ;■^ A presence which came floating oer the spray Like a rich soul of odorous wind and Hght,That seemed famihar as one passed away, Gentle, beloved, returned from yonder heightTo _;uard and to inspire ; and all that dayMost radiant phantasies, aerial, warm,Vnd ^weet as summer, vibrating at fancy shaped : nor art thou gone, for still I dream of thee when sorrow and when ni^htAre round me, and my fancy shapes thy form,And brow of meteor-beauty, that on meGlows from the levels of the star-dim sea. AUTUMN,J^EYOND the mountains sloped in© grey, -^~^ A ruined continent of golden cloud, Blown seaward on the wind of sunset, showedBeneath its fiery toppling summits proud,The shapes of flaming cities stretched auay,With amphitheatre and obeliskAbove the murmurous seas saturnine disk,Awhile : until, distombed in stormy streamed in ashen islands down the air ; Then up the void the wind dolorous heavesThe dark battalions of the clouds, and bodes Over the glooming lands where twilight grievesInconstant ; drifting oer the sad dry roads,Monotonous litanies of withered leaves. A BRIDAL SONG. 9i Cstf:^^ OST thou linger, gentle maiden,At the minster door ?Dost thou tremble, tender maiden, On the chancel floor?Dost thou fear, and dost thou falter,When thou kneelest at the altar ?With the bridegroom by thee nowWilt thou take the marriage vow ? If thy heart, O loving maiden ! Thou hast given fear, O trustful maiden ! Give thy hand to-day. Leaving father, leaving mother,Give
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