Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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[The Stars come forth innumerably bright]
The Stars come forth innumerably bright,As though the glory of all Heaven o'erflowed
And streamed down, through the Firmaments and glowed
With ecstacy of all o'erpowering light!
A thousand Heavens seem opening on the sight!—
The Skies lie crushed beneath their splendent load,
These dazzling Mysteries, in their own abode
Of power and pride, scarce there seem placed aright;
They burn as though the glory deep and high
Of the Everlasting Throne o'erflowed, and poured
From its own height of heights o'erwhelmingly!
As scattered was the great Regalia-hoard
Of Him—the King of kings!—that flaming sky
So lit—so blazed, gleams like the Eternal's unsheathed sword!
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