Virginalia ; or, songs of my summer nights | ||
TO AVALON IN HEAVEN.
Son of the highest God! why should I weep
Because of thee?
As well may some bright Shell beneath the deep
Be troubled for the sighing Sea,
As I be troubled now for thee—
Son of the Highest God!
Because of thee?
As well may some bright Shell beneath the deep
Be troubled for the sighing Sea,
As I be troubled now for thee—
Son of the Highest God!
Son of the Highest God! I will not weep
Because of thee—
But for myself alone! for does the Deep
Weep for the Shell? the Shell weeps for the Sea—
As thou, in Heaven, shouldst ever weep for me—
Son of the Highest God!
Because of thee—
But for myself alone! for does the Deep
Weep for the Shell? the Shell weeps for the Sea—
As thou, in Heaven, shouldst ever weep for me—
Son of the Highest God!
Villa Allegra, Ga., Sept. 10. 1848.
Virginalia ; or, songs of my summer nights | ||