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XXIX.
EARTH AND HEAVEN
II. HEAVEN
Then heaven I sought, and heaven-high designs:—
The robes of angels glittered o'er my gaze,
And at them I forgot green earthly bays,
The hills of earth, the meadows and the vines,
The blue waves laughing in tumultuous lines,
The glittering ferns that trembled o'er the ways;
Love vanished in a vast seraphic blaze
Of plumes ascending,—reddening all the pines.
The robes of angels glittered o'er my gaze,
And at them I forgot green earthly bays,
The hills of earth, the meadows and the vines,
The blue waves laughing in tumultuous lines,
The glittering ferns that trembled o'er the ways;
Love vanished in a vast seraphic blaze
Of plumes ascending,—reddening all the pines.
The love of earth was changed to love of heaven:
The star of hope was not the star of even
But rather the pale tremulous orb of death:
I looked for lily-fragrance in dim spheres
Unknown; but 'mid vast hopes and vaster fears
Lived undecided days,—drew dubious breath.
The star of hope was not the star of even
But rather the pale tremulous orb of death:
I looked for lily-fragrance in dim spheres
Unknown; but 'mid vast hopes and vaster fears
Lived undecided days,—drew dubious breath.
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