Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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SCENERY NEAR RASGRAD.
The hills cast shadows round for evening came,—Not dark—not sober suited—but how fair!
Floating 'mid golden clouds, on that pure air,
While deep in purple and in regal flame
Set the great Sun as silent as a dream;
There was a beauty in the shadows there!
Oft near the cool, clear fountains, flowing where
Our road past on, checked we our steeds, grown tame
By heavy toil, and watered them, and stood
To drink the freshness of the lovely breeze—
Beneath some scattered children of the wood,
That graced those gentle fountains' sides, green trees
Of beauty smiling—so, o'er many a rood
We sped, intent the charms, of that fair scene to seize!
Rasgrad.
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