The posthumous works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, in prose and verse To which is added, a collection of essays, prose and poetical |
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On seeing Miss S. T. E. crossing the Hudson.
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On seeing Miss S. T. E. crossing the Hudson.
Tis she, upon the sapphire flood,
Whose charms the world surprise,
Whose praises, chanted in the wood,
Are wafted to the skies,
Whose charms the world surprise,
Whose praises, chanted in the wood,
Are wafted to the skies,
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To view the heaven of her eyes,
Where'er the light barque moves,
The green hair'd sisters, smiling, rise
From out their sea-girt groves.
Where'er the light barque moves,
The green hair'd sisters, smiling, rise
From out their sea-girt groves.
E'en Neptune quits his glassy caves,
And calls out from afar,
‘So Venus look'd, when o'er the waves
‘She drove her pearly car.’
And calls out from afar,
‘So Venus look'd, when o'er the waves
‘She drove her pearly car.’
He bids the winds to caves retreat,
And there confin'd to roar:
‘But here,’ said he, ‘forbear to breathe,
‘ 'Till Susan comes on shore.’
And there confin'd to roar:
‘But here,’ said he, ‘forbear to breathe,
‘ 'Till Susan comes on shore.’
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