Southern garland . ASLEEP Che UJiii Ulind HE bird that bears the Spring,Throwing her to the bud,And winnows with his wing Her cloister solitude,May be your souls escapeIn a delicious shape! Is it the wind that blows Dreamily down the brook,Or tangled in a rose Beneath the rainbows she her love has toldInto its starry fold? Whithersoeer it flits, Beauty and love are there !Only thy soul admits Only the true and fair . .WAken! and let me beChosen to dnuell ivlth thee ! ^ x\. Che ON THE CLIFF Ulcst lUind. OME, let us sit and watch the flowing ships,Here where your foot has touched a1^
Southern garland . ASLEEP Che UJiii Ulind HE bird that bears the Spring,Throwing her to the bud,And winnows with his wing Her cloister solitude,May be your souls escapeIn a delicious shape! Is it the wind that blows Dreamily down the brook,Or tangled in a rose Beneath the rainbows she her love has toldInto its starry fold? Whithersoeer it flits, Beauty and love are there !Only thy soul admits Only the true and fair . .WAken! and let me beChosen to dnuell ivlth thee ! ^ x\. Che ON THE CLIFF Ulcst lUind. OME, let us sit and watch the flowing ships,Here where your foot has touched a1^^ shivering stone To leave the merry sunshine for eclipse,Down, down, for ever, darkened the cozening ripples smooth and cool . .Whats Life but a poor stone flung in a pool ? The lying waves have lapped itâoh, poor Stone! Earth has no dearer sight than a warm sea,Braided with isles, forgetting the far mean Concealed in the dim Oceans agony :But, dear, there lie beneath these shallow^ wavesChrist knows how many unattended graves. The waves are all about usâwe are one With the unstable waters and the of ever-varying threads bespun By Fate that never in a mood abides;We leave our fretful image here, or goWithout a fateful scion: better so ! We know the motion of a molten star, We weigh the rapture of the rushing wind. Unweave the light,âbut know not what we are,Nor whose the fetters that intently bind: Why we do sorrow, joy, or smile, or weep, Scatter a little fragranceâ
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