The Queen of the fairies (A village story): and other poems: By Violet Fane [i.e. M. M. Lamb] |
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A LAMENT. |
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A LAMENT.
Oh, betwixt the earth and heaven,
I remember
How there hung a silent mist,
On the day when first we kiss'd,
In November.
I remember
How there hung a silent mist,
On the day when first we kiss'd,
In November.
In the happy after spring-tide,
All too early,
We cull'd from off the bosom
Of the earth the snow-drop's blossom
White and pearly.
All too early,
We cull'd from off the bosom
Of the earth the snow-drop's blossom
White and pearly.
Was that pall-like mist an omen
(Oft I wonder,)
Of that pall which fell to cover
All my hopes, and loved and lover
Swept asunder?
(Oft I wonder,)
Of that pall which fell to cover
All my hopes, and loved and lover
Swept asunder?
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And was that blighted snowdrop
I remember
A sad emblem of the blossom
Earth had folded to her bosom
In December?
I remember
A sad emblem of the blossom
Earth had folded to her bosom
In December?
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