Ballads for the Times (Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised |
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O glorious in thy loveliness!
Victorious in thy loveliness!
From what strong magnetic zone
Circling some strange world unknown,
Hast thou stol'n sweet influence
To lull in bliss each ravish'd sense?
That thine eyes rain light and love
Kindlier than the heavens above,—
That the sunshine of thy face
Shows richly ripe each winning grace,—
That thine innocent laughing dimple,
And thy tresses curling simple,
Thy soft cheek, and rounded arm,
And foot unsandall'd, white and warm,
And every sweet luxurious charm
Fair, and full, and flush'd, and bright,
Fascinate the dazzled sight
As with a halo of delight?
Victorious in thy loveliness!
From what strong magnetic zone
Circling some strange world unknown,
Hast thou stol'n sweet influence
To lull in bliss each ravish'd sense?
That thine eyes rain light and love
Kindlier than the heavens above,—
That the sunshine of thy face
Shows richly ripe each winning grace,—
That thine innocent laughing dimple,
And thy tresses curling simple,
Thy soft cheek, and rounded arm,
And foot unsandall'd, white and warm,
And every sweet luxurious charm
Fair, and full, and flush'd, and bright,
Fascinate the dazzled sight
As with a halo of delight?
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