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Mazelli�察�and Other Poems
AFTER WITNESSING A DEATH´
SCENE。
Press close your lips�察�And bow your heads to earth�察�for
Death is here� �Mark ye not how across that eye so clear�察�
Steals his eclipse�拭�
A moment more�察�And the quick throbbings of her heart
shall cease�察�Her pain´wrung spirit will obtain release�察 �And
all be o'er� �
Hush� �Seal ye up Your gushing tears�察�for Mercy's hand
hath shaken Her earth´bonds off�察 �and from her lip hath taken
Grief's bitter cup。
Ye know the dead Are they who rest secure from care
and strife�察 �That they who walk the thorny way of life�察�
Have tears to shed。
Ye know her pray'r�察�Was for the quiet of the tomb's deep
rest�察 �Love's sepulchre lay cold within her breast�察 �Could
peace dwell there�拭�
A tale soon told�察�Is of her life the story�察�she had loved�察�
And he who won her heart to love�察 �had proved Heartless
and cold。
Lay her to rest�察 �Where shines and falls the summer's
sun and dew�察 �For these should shine and fall where lies so true
And fond a breast� �
A full release From every pang is given to the dead�察�
So on the stone ye place above her head�察 �Write only
;Peace。;*
When Spring comes back�察�With music on her lips��joy
in her eye�察 �Her sunny banner streaming through the sky�察�
Flow'rs in her track
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Then come ye here�察�And musing from the busy world
apart�察 �Drop on the turf that wraps her mouldering heart�察�
Sweet Pity's tear。
* The most touchingly beautiful epitaph I have ever read�察�was written
in that one word�察 �Peace。; It seemed like the last sigh of a departing spirit�察�
over the clay which it was about to abandon for ever。
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LOVE AND FANCY。
;Whenever�察 �amid bow'rs of myrtle�察 �Love�察 �summer´
tressed and vernal´eyed�察 �At morn or eve is seen to wander�察�
A dark´haired girl is at his side。; De La Hogue。
One morn�察 �just as day in the far east was breaking�察�Young Love�察�
who all night had been roving about�察�A charming siesta was quietly taking�察�
His strength�察�by his rambles�察�completely worn out。
Round his brow a wreath�察�woven of every flower That springs from
the hillside�察 �or valley�察 �was bound�察 �In his hand was a rose he had stol'n
from some bower�察 �While his bow and his quiver lay near on the ground。
Wild Fancy just came from her kingdom of dreams�察 �The breath of
the opening day to enjoy�察�And to catch the warm kiss of its first golden
beams On her cheek�察�caught a glimpse of the slumbering boy� �
With a light�察�noiseless step she drew near to the sleeper�察 �And gazed
till her snowy´breast heaved a soft sigh�察�Then she bade sleep's dull god
bring a sounder and deeper And heavier trance for Love's beautiful eye。
Then back to her shadowy kingdom she flow�察 �And called up the
bright mystic forms she has there�察�And filling an urn from a fountain of
dew�察 �She bade them all straight to Love's couch´side repair。
They came�察�and stood round�察�as her hand�察 �o'er his pillow�察 �From a
chalice of pearl�察�poured its magical stream�此�While his red rosy lips�察�that
now sighed like a billow At play with the breeze�察�told how sweet was
his dream。
He dreamed that he sat on a shining throne�察�wrought Of the purest
of gold that the earth could supply�察�While a trio of beautiful maids�察�who
each brought A gift for his shrine�察�in succession past by。
First Fame�察�with the step and the glance of a queen�察 �Came up�察�and
before him bent down her proud knee�察�And held up a garland�察 �whereon
played the sheen Of the beams which insure immortality� �
Next Wealth�察�the stern mistress of men�察�for whose smile They toil
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like the galley slave��brought in her hand The fair gems of many an ocean
isle�察 �And the diamonds of many a far off land。
And Beauty came too�察�with her blue�察�laughing eye�察 �Her fair flowing
locks�察 �and her soft rosy cheek�察 �And red lips�察 �whose sweet smile told
silently The tale which they seemed ashamed to speak。
'Neath the shade of a palm branch a fourth one stood by�察 �With locks
like in hue to the tresses of Night�察�With a pale�察�pensive brow�察�and a dark
dreamy eye�察 �Where the soul of sweet softness lay gleaming in light� �
It was Fancy�此�Love gazed�察�and his eager eye shone With a lustre of
feeling�察�deep�察�fervent�察�and sweet�察�And he thought it were better to give up
his throne For a place�察�on his knees�察�at the coy maiden's feet。
And from that bright hour�察 �through calm and through storm�察�
Through the sunlight of summer�察 �and winter's dark reign�察 �These twain
have been bound by ties�察 �tender and warm�察 �Which ne'er through all
time shall be severed again。
And ever where Love weaves his fond witchery�察 �Will Fancy the aid
of her brightness bestow�察�And give the loved object�察�whatever it be�察 �A
purer�察�a dearer�察�a heavenlier glow� �
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LINES WRITTEN IN A YOUNG
LADY'S ALBUM
'Tis not in youth�察�when life is new�察�when but to live is sweet�察�When
Pleasure strews her starlike flow'rs beneath our careless feet�察�When Hope�察�
that has not been deferred�察�first waves its golden wings�察�And crowds the
distant future with a thousand lovely things�察�
When if a transient grief o'ershades the spirit for a while�察 �The
momentary tear that falls is followed by a smile�察�Or if a pensive mood�察�at
times�察 �across the bosom steals�察 �It scarcely sighs�察 �so gentle is the
pensiveness it feels
It is not then the�察�restless soul will seek for one with whom To share
whatever lot it bears�察�its gladness or its gloom�察�Some trusting�察�tried�察�and
gentle heart�察�some true and faithful breast�察�Whereon its pinions it may fold�察�
and claim a place of rest。
But oh� �when comes the icy chill that freezes o'er the heart�察�When�察�one
by one�察�the joys we shared�察�the hopes we held�察�depart�察�When friends�察�like
autumn's withered leaves�察 �have fallen by our side�察�And life�察 �so pleasant
once�察�becomes a desert wild and wide�察�
As for her olive branch the dove swept o'er the sullen wave�察 �That
rolled above the olden worldits death´robe and its grave� �So will the
spirit search the earth for some kind�察 �gentle one�察 �With it to share her
destiny�察�and make it all her own� �
TO A LADY。 Suggested By Hearing Her Voice During Services At
Church。
At night�察�in visions�察�when my soul drew near The shadowy confines
of the spirit land�察 �Wild�察 �wondrous notes of song have met my ear�察�
Wrung from their harps by many a seraph's hand�察�And forms of light�察�too�察�
more divinely fair Than Mercy's messenger to hearts that mourn�察 �On
wings that made sweet music in the air�察 �Have round me�察�in those hours
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of bliss�察 �been borne�察 �And�察 �filled with joy unutterable�察 �I Have deemed
myself a born child of the sky。
And often�察 �too�察 �at sunset's magic hour�察 �When musing by some
solitary stream�察 �While thought awoke in its resistless pow'r�察 �And
restless Fancy wove her brightest dream�此 �Mysterious tongues�察 �that were
not of the earth�察 �Have whispered words which I may not repeat�察�But
Thought or Fancy ne'er have given birth To form and voice like thine�察�
so fair and sweet� �Nor have I found them when my spirit's flight Had
borne me to the far shores of delight。 Above the murmurs of an hundred
lips�察 �They rose�察�those silvery tones of praise and pray'r�察�Soft as the light
breeze�察�when Aurora trips The earth�察�and�察�lighting up the darkened air�察�
Carols her greetings to the waking flow'rs� �They fell upon my heart like
summer rain Upon the thirsting fields��and earlier hours�察 �When I too
breathed th' adoring pray'r and strain�察�Came back once more�察�the present
was beguiled Of half its gloom�察�and my worn spirit smiled。
Pray�察�lady�察�that the sad�察�soul´searing blight�察 �Which comes
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