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Then Disappointment's blighting breath Breathes o'er him�察�and he droops
to death�察 �While the Destroyer glideth by�察�And smiles�察 �as if in mockery。
How strong a hand hath Time� �Fame wins The eager youth to her
embrace�察�With tameless ardour he begins�察 �And follows up the bootless
race�察�Ah� �bootlessfor�察�as on he hies�察�With equal speed the phantom flies�察�
Till youth�察�and strength�察�and vigour gone�察�He faints�察�and sinks�察�and dies
unknown�察�While the Destroyer passeth by�察�And smiles�察�as if in mockery。
Gaze�察 �stranger�察 �on the scene below�察 �'Tis scarce a century ago�察 �Since
here abode another race�察�The men of tomahawk and bow�察 �The savage
sons of war and chase�察�Yet where�察�ah� �where�察�abide they now�拭�Go search�察�
and see if thou canst find�察�One trace which they have left behind�察�A single
mound�察 �or mossy grave�察 �That holds the ashes of the brave�察 �A single
lettered stone to say That they have lived�察�and passed away。 Men soon will
cease to name their name�察�Oblivion soon will quench their fame�察�And the
wild story of their fate�察�Will yet be subject of debate�察�'Twixt antiquarians
sage and able�察�Who doubt if it be truth or fable。
VIII。
I said I minded well the time�察 �When first beside yon stream I stood�察�
Then one interminable wood�察�In its unbounded breadth sublime�察 �And in
its loneliness profound�察�Spread like a leafy sea around。 To one of foreign
land and birth�察 �Nursed 'mid the loveliest scenes of earth�察 �But now from
home and friends exiled�察�Such wilderness were doubly wild�察�I thought it
so�察�and scarce could I My tears repress�察�when standing by The river's brink�察�
I thought of mine Own native stream�察�the glorious Rhine� �For�察�near to it�察�
with loving eye�察 �My mother watched my infancy�察 �Along its banks my
childhood strayed�察�With its strong waves my boyhood played。 And I could
see�察 �in memory�察 �still My father's cottage on the hill�察 �With green vines
trailing round and o'er Wall�察�roof and casement�察�porch and door�此�Yet soon I
learned yon stream to bless�察�And love the wooded wilderness。 I could not
then have told thee how The change came o'er my heart�察�but now I know
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full well the charm that wrought�察�Into my soul�察�the spell of thought Of
tender�察�pensive thought�察�which made Me love the forest's deepest shade�察�
And listen�察�with delighted ear�察�To the low voice of waters near�察�As gliding�察�
gushing�察�gurgling by�察�They utter their sweet minstrelsy。 I scarce need give
that _charm_ a name�察�Thy heart�察�I know�察�hath felt the same�察�Ah� �where is
mind�察�or heart�察�or soul�察�That has not bowed to its control�拭�
IX。
See�察 �where yon towering�察 �rocky ledge�察 �Hangs jutting o'er the river's
edge�察�There channelled dark�察�and dull�察�and deep�察�The lazy�察�lagging waters
sleep�察�Thence follow�察�with thine eagle sight�察�A double stone's cast to the
right�察�Mark where a white´walled cottage stands�察�Devised and reared by
cunning hands�察�A stately pile�察�and fair to see� �The chisel's touch�察�and
pencil's trace�察 �Have blent for it a goodly grace�察�And yet�察�it much less
pleaseth me�察�Than did the simple rustic cot�察�Which occupied of yore that
spot。 For�察�'neath its humble shelter�察�grew The fairest flower that e'er drank
dew�察�A lone exotic of the wood�察�The fairy of the solitude�察�Who dwelt amid
its loneliness To brighten�察�beautify�察�and bless。 The summer sky's serenest
blue�察 �Would best portray her eye's soft hue�察 �From her white brow were
backward rolled Long curls of mingled light and gold�察�The flush upon her
cheek of snow�察�Had shamed the rose's harsher glow�察�And haughty love had�察�
haughtier grown�察�To own her breast his fairest throne。 The eye that once
behold her�察�ne'er Could lose her image��firm and bright�察�All´beautiful�察�
and pure�察 �and clear�察 �'Twas stamped upon th' enamoured sight�察�
Unchangeable�察 �for ever fair�察 �Above decay�察 �it lingered there� �As it has
lingered on mine own�察 �These many years�察 �till it has grown�察 �In its
mysterious strength�察�to be A portion of my soul and me。
X。
Not in the peopled solitude Of cities�察�does true love belong�察�For it is
of A thoughtful mood�察 �And thought abides not with the throng。 Nor is it
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won by glittering wealth�察 �By cunning�察�nor device of art�察�Unheralded�察�by
silent stealth�察 �It wins its way into the heart。 And once the soul has
known its dream�察�Thenceforth its empire is supreme�察�For heart�察�and brain�察�
and soul�察 �and will�察�Are bowed by its subduing thrill。 My love�察 �alas� �not
born to bless�察�Had birth in nature's loneliness�察�And held�察�at first�察�as a sweet
spell�察 �It grew in strength�察 �till it became A spirit�察 �which I could not
quell�察 �A quenchlessa volcanic flame�察�Which�察�without pause�察�or time
of rest�察�Must burn for ever in my breast。 Yet how ecstatically sweet�察�Was
its first soft tumultuous beat� �I little thought that beat could be The
harbinger of misery�察�And daily�察�when the morning beam Dawned earliest
on wood and stream�察�When�察 �from each brake and bush were heard�察�The
hum of bee�察 �and chirp of bird�察 �From these�察 �earth's matin songs�察 �my ear
Would turn�察 �a sweeter voice to hear A voice�察 �whose tones the very air
Seemed trembling with delight to bear�察 �From leafy wood�察 �and misty
stream�察�From bush�察�and brake�察�and morning beam�察�Would turn away my
wandering eye�察�A dearer object to descry�察�Till voice so sweet�察�and form so
bright�察�Grew part of hearing and of sight。
XI。
Yet my fond love I never told�察 �But kept it�察�as the miser keeps�察 �In
his rude hut�察 �his hoarded heaps Of gleaming gems�察 �and glittering gold�此�
Gloating in secret o'er the prize�察�He fears to show to other eyes�察�And so
passed many months away�察�Till once I heard a comrade say�此 �To´morrow
brings her bridal day�察�Mazelli leaves the greenwood bower�察�Where she has
grown its fairest flower�察�To bless�察�with her bright�察�sunny smile�察�A stranger
from a distant isle�察�Whom love has lured across the sea�察 �O'er hill and
glen�察�through wood and wild�察�Far from his lordly home�察�to be Lord of
the forest's fairest child。; It was as when a thunder peal Bursts�察�crashing
from a cloudless sky�察�It caused my brain and heart to reel And throb�察�
with speechless agony�此 �Yet�察 �when wild Passion's trance was o'er�察 �And
Thought resumed her sway once more�察�I breathed a prayer that she might
be Saved from the pangs that tortured me�察 �That her young heart might
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never prove The sting of unrequited love。 My task I then again began�察�But
ah� �how much an altered man�察�A single hour�察�a few hot tears�察�Had done
the wasting work of years。
XII。
Nor was it I alone�察�to whom Those words had been as words of doom�察�
By some malicious fiend rehearsed�此�Another one was standing by�察 �With
princely port�察 �and piercing eye�察 �Of dusky cheek�察 �and brow�察 �and plume�察�
I thought his heaving heart would burst�察�His labouring bosom's heave and
swell�察�So strongly�察�quickly�察�rose and fell� �A long�察�bright blade hung at his
side�察�Its keen and glittering edge he tried�察�He bore a bow�察�and this he drew�察�
To see if still its spring were true�察�But other sign could none be caught�察�Of
what he suffered�察�felt�察�or thought。 And then with firm and haughty stride�察�
He turned away�察 �and left my side�察 �I watched him�察 �as with rapid tread�察�
Along the river's marge he sped�察�Till the still twilight's gathering gloom
Hid haughty form�察�and waving plume。
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Canto II。
I。
He stood where the mountain moss outspread Its smoothness
beneath his dusky foot�察 �The chestnut boughs above his head�察 �Hung
motionless and mute。 There came not a voice from the wooded hill�察�
Nor a sound from the shadowy glen�察�Save the plaintive song of the whip´
poor´will�撮�2�� And the waterfall's dash�察 �and now and then�察 �The
night´bird's mournful cry。 Deep silence hung round him�察�the misty light Of
the young moon silvered the brow of Night�察 �Whose quiet spirit had
flung her spell O'er the valley's depth�察�and the mountain's height�察 �And
breathed on the air�察�till its gentle swell Arose on the ear like some loved
one's call�察�And the wide blue sky spread over all Its starry canopy。
And he seemed as the spirit of some chief�察 �Whose grave could not give
him rest�察 �So deep was the settled hue of grief�察�On
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