. Poetical works of James Montgomery . ut her garments boreHer form, hght floating, till she saw no more :For suddenly the dreams delusion through a blooming wilderness she ranged;Alone she seemd, but not alone she walkd,Javan, invisible, beside her told, how he had journeyd many a yearWhh chano-inof seasons in their swift career,Danced with the breezes in the bowers of in the valley where new moons are born,Rode with the planets, on their golden the blue world inhabited by stars,And, bathing in the suns crystalline ethereal spirit in t
. Poetical works of James Montgomery . ut her garments boreHer form, hght floating, till she saw no more :For suddenly the dreams delusion through a blooming wilderness she ranged;Alone she seemd, but not alone she walkd,Javan, invisible, beside her told, how he had journeyd many a yearWhh chano-inof seasons in their swift career,Danced with the breezes in the bowers of in the valley where new moons are born,Rode with the planets, on their golden the blue world inhabited by stars,And, bathing in the suns crystalline ethereal spirit in the were his lineaments, from mortal sight,Absorbd in pure transparency of light;But now, his pilgrimage of glory Edens vale he sought repose at last.—The voice was mystery to Zillahs speech, nor song, yet full, melodious, clear;No sounds of winds or waters, birds or eer so exquisitely tuned to while she sought him with desiring eyes,The airy Javan darted from disguise: ,-?;. The World before^ t^.€^ Flood/. tMrUo 2 BOSTON iiMivcnstn CX)a£GE or ^^^^.RALARTSUBRARY. — THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD. 131 Full on her view a strano-ers visaofe broke ;She fled, she fell, he caught her,—she awoke. Awoke from sleep,—but in her solitudeFound the enchantment of her dream renewd;That living voice, so full, melodious, clear,That voice of mystery warbled in her words no longer wing the trembling notes,Unearthly, inexpressive music floats[n liquid tones so voluble and senses seem by slumber still beguiled :Alarmd, she started from her lonely den,But blushing, instantly retired again;The viewless phantom came in sound so stranger of her dream might next , conceald behind the verdant his lip fail, and strength his hand forsake ;Then dropt his flute, and u^hile he lay at restHeard every pulse that travelld through his , who deemd the strange illusion from the l
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