A Summer Christmas and a Sonnet upon The S.S. "Ballaarat." By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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The years fled onwards within my dream,
And with them Desirée grew
Into a form that might well beseem
The Fairy queen of the dew,
And with them Desirée grew
Into a form that might well beseem
The Fairy queen of the dew,
Loving and sensible, healthy, bright,
With clear intelligent eye
Reflecting the intellect's inward light,
Reared in all the luxury
With clear intelligent eye
Reflecting the intellect's inward light,
Reared in all the luxury
Which wealth could pay for and art supply,
And with every wish fulfilled,
That kindly forethought could satisfy,
Almost as soon as 'twas willed.
And with every wish fulfilled,
That kindly forethought could satisfy,
Almost as soon as 'twas willed.
But even the mates of her childish hours
Had always begrudged her less
Her wealth and health and mind's rare powers,
Her wisdom and happiness,
Had always begrudged her less
Her wealth and health and mind's rare powers,
Her wisdom and happiness,
Than the crown of beauty that Envy set
Upon her brow as a gift,
Which seemed in sooth as though it had yet
Some taint of the giver left.
Upon her brow as a gift,
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Some taint of the giver left.
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