Poems and Essays By the late William Caldwell Roscoe. (Edited with a Prefatory Memoir, by his Brother-in-law, Richard Holt Hutton) |
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A BLIND GIRL'S QUESTIONINGS.
Soft Beauty, clothed in music,
Comes whispering through the woods;
I hear her lift the branches,
And brush the rustling buds.
Onward I hear her stealing
With low aerial pace,
Till with a mouth of fragrance
She kisses all my face.
Comes whispering through the woods;
I hear her lift the branches,
And brush the rustling buds.
Onward I hear her stealing
With low aerial pace,
Till with a mouth of fragrance
She kisses all my face.
O you endowed with vision,
Who talk of shapes and light,
Tell me what other aspect
Belongs to my delight!
In solemn silent night-time,
Between the hours of sleep,
What is the sacred Darkness
In which I wake and weep?
In which no sound familiar
Accosts my straining ear,
But low continuous murmurs
Of emptiness and fear?
Who talk of shapes and light,
Tell me what other aspect
Belongs to my delight!
In solemn silent night-time,
Between the hours of sleep,
What is the sacred Darkness
In which I wake and weep?
In which no sound familiar
Accosts my straining ear,
But low continuous murmurs
Of emptiness and fear?
Do you perceive her walking
About the voiceless ground,
As you detect my presence
Although I make no sound?
About the voiceless ground,
As you detect my presence
Although I make no sound?
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