 | Idyls and Songs |  |
Ada, at some distance, singing.
How should we greet the friends we meet
Restored from long exile?
With the joyous beat of tripping feet,
With garland and with smile?
Restored from long exile?
With the joyous beat of tripping feet,
With garland and with smile?
The joy supprest: the quiet breast,
The gentle words and few:
The faintly trembling hand show best
The loving heart and true.
The gentle words and few:
The faintly trembling hand show best
The loving heart and true.
Love alters not by time or spot,
By parting, or by meeting:—
Best sign of absence unforgot,
Is that unalter'd greeting.
By parting, or by meeting:—
Best sign of absence unforgot,
Is that unalter'd greeting.
The sudden flush of drops that rush
Surprise or fear reveals:
Some hidden thought the conscious blush
Half tells and half reveals.
Surprise or fear reveals:
Some hidden thought the conscious blush
Half tells and half reveals.
Love's eager eyes drink in the flush
For silent watching meetest:
The transient treasures of the blush
In his own hour are sweetest.
For silent watching meetest:
The transient treasures of the blush
In his own hour are sweetest.
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