Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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THE STAR'S REFLECTION. |
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THE STAR'S REFLECTION.
Clear the Star shone on the waters,
That reflected it in light;
With its soft, faint, silvery aspect—
Gleaming tremulously bright.—
That reflected it in light;
With its soft, faint, silvery aspect—
Gleaming tremulously bright.—
The pale Star shone on the Waters,
Like a quivering point of light—
And how like a fairy jewel—
Its pure glistening chain'd the sight!
Like a quivering point of light—
And how like a fairy jewel—
Its pure glistening chain'd the sight!
And was this all?—Star of Beauty—
Thou'rt perchance a world sublime—
Throng'd with dread and glorious beings—
To which thought may scarcely climb.
Thou'rt perchance a world sublime—
Throng'd with dread and glorious beings—
To which thought may scarcely climb.
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Ah! perchance our own world, faintly—
With its Sin, Death, Strife, and Fear—
May be thus glassed on pure waters
Of some radiant stranger-sphere!
With its Sin, Death, Strife, and Fear—
May be thus glassed on pure waters
Of some radiant stranger-sphere!
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