 | The Poetical Works of George Barlow
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[All dreams of splendid music and of love]
All dreams of splendid music and of love
Shall be summed up, sweet gracious lady, in thee:
All hopes of youth, all visions from above,
All power of song, all strength of purity,
All wonder of soft moonlight on the sea
And majesty of noontide, and the calm
And bounty of unutterable night;
The ripple of the slow tide's evening psalm,
And the great glory of the wakening light;
The countless golden crowns whose starry might
Pervades the utmost heavens, and the pure winds
That churn the seething waters into white;—
All these wide realms of Nature thou dost sway;
The waters woo thee, and the storms obey.
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