The poems and literary prose of Alexander Wilson ... for the first time fully collected and compared with the original and early editions ... edited ... by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart ... with portrait, illustrations, &c |
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LAVINIA.
Softly through the check'ring trees,
Cynthia pours her mellow light;
While the gently-whisp'ring breeze,
Moves the genius of the night.
Cynthia pours her mellow light;
While the gently-whisp'ring breeze,
Moves the genius of the night.
Spring-born May has spread her flow'rs,
Flora laughs in every grove;
Lightly dance the sportive hours,
And Nature's pulse beats high to love.
Flora laughs in every grove;
Lightly dance the sportive hours,
And Nature's pulse beats high to love.
List! the ev'ning warbler's throat,
Yonder by the tinkling rill;
Sweet she trills her vesper note,
And echo answers, “whip-poor-will!”
Yonder by the tinkling rill;
Sweet she trills her vesper note,
And echo answers, “whip-poor-will!”
Come, my fair, enjoy the scene,
Down the green walk let us stray;
Duller soul may doze within,
Come, Lavinia, come away!
Down the green walk let us stray;
Duller soul may doze within,
Come, Lavinia, come away!
How sweet at such an hour as this,
The zest of social bliss to prove;
To snatch unblam'd the melting kiss,
Warm from the conscious lip of love!
The zest of social bliss to prove;
To snatch unblam'd the melting kiss,
Warm from the conscious lip of love!
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