Elfin land: and other poems

Elfin land: and other poems

Title: Elfin land Subtitle: and other poems Author: Benjamin West Ball Release Date: July 15, 2022 [EBook #68531] Language: English Original Publication: US: , United States: James Munroe and Company,1851. Credits: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) I. Ere thou wert seen, and ere I knew Such loveliness on earth unfolded, A morning dream revealed to view That shape in perfect beauty moulded; Around thy graceful waist, methought, The fabled Zone of Love was glowing, The cestus with enchantment fraught, A charm, that vanquished all, bestowing The phantom fled, but evermore Until thyself I might discover, Its memory in my heart I bore, Of shade impalpable the lover. II. When Eastward thou wert long sojourning, From me divided and afar, Though sunset in the West was burning, I turned where shone my beings star; Beyond the woods, the village spires, Adown the broadly flowing river My glances winged by wild desires To pierce the distance, would endeavor; Each bickering train which eastward rolled, Each trailing cloud that thither flew, As long as eyesight could behold, I followed, musing still of you;[vi] III. Of you, the magnet of my heart, The vision of my nightly slumber, Of all my thoughts the central part, And source of fancies without number. The stars are not more dear to Night, To scented winds the bursting blossom, To Day its floods of golden light, Than thou art, gentlest, to my bosom. The beauty of the North is thine, Its auburn tress, its eye of azure, Its rose-hued cheek, whose freshness Time Leaves blooming long without erasure. IV. Incarnate in thy graceful form, I see that sweet Gthan vision, That dream of beauty soft and warm, Which folded Faust in joy elysian. Though clouds disturb the blue serene, And storm and darkness round me lower, Thy presence is a sunny gleam, A bow of promise mid the shower; Though from me fortune fall away, By Hope itself disowned, forsaken, Whilst thou art spared by pale decay, I rest in peace, secure, unshaken. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 68531
Author: Ball, Benjamin West
Release Date: Jul 15, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: James Munroe and Company
Publication Date: 1851
Publisher Country: United States