Narrative poems on the Female Character in the various relations of life. By Mary Russell Mitford ... Vol. I |
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XI.
And thus the listening maiden caught
The strain her matchless charms had taught;
All softly breath'd lest restless ear
The tender timid tale should hear,
And mix'd with many an anxious sigh;
That girl had heard love's carols clear,
From valiant knight, and princely peer,
But ne'er to her was strain so dear
As that low broken melody.
The strain her matchless charms had taught;
All softly breath'd lest restless ear
The tender timid tale should hear,
And mix'd with many an anxious sigh;
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From valiant knight, and princely peer,
But ne'er to her was strain so dear
As that low broken melody.
Serenade.
O Star of Beauty, brightly burning,Why light'st thou not thy pilgrim's way!
Why shroud thy beams, his homage spurning!
Why veil in clouds thy brilliant ray!
The glorious orb whose flame thou stealest,
Another land now feels his sway,
And cruel, thou that light concealest,
Which gives my soul a purer day.
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