Tasso and the Sisters Tasso's Spirit: The Nuptials of Juno: The Skeletons: The Spirits of the Ocean. Poems, By Thomas Wade |
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Oh! countless were the things divine
Which view'd the moon-beams round them shine;
But loveliest was a girl that laid
Within the brightness which they made
In sleep, as stirless and profound
As the o'erpow'ring silence round.
Her dark locks she had careless flung
O'er her fair arms unsullied white,
And ringlets on her forehead hung,
Nor hid its matchless beauty quite:
Tho' clos'd her eyes, the very lid
And the long lashes that conceal'd
Told how divine the orbs they hid,
The orbs themselves tho' not reveal'd;—
And those who gaz'd upon them clos'd,
Whilst the sweet Maid in bliss repos'd,
Might swear the lovely lights below
Were black as midnight's darkest brow,
But fill'd with living fire, that turn'd
All hearts to passion where it burn'd.
And next her lip—but wherefore strive
To sing the magic of her face?
The Painter's fancy ne'er could give
Such beauty to his forms of grace,
And least of all may tuneful verse
The story of her charms rehearse.
Which view'd the moon-beams round them shine;
But loveliest was a girl that laid
Within the brightness which they made
In sleep, as stirless and profound
As the o'erpow'ring silence round.
Her dark locks she had careless flung
O'er her fair arms unsullied white,
And ringlets on her forehead hung,
Nor hid its matchless beauty quite:
Tho' clos'd her eyes, the very lid
And the long lashes that conceal'd
Told how divine the orbs they hid,
The orbs themselves tho' not reveal'd;—
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Whilst the sweet Maid in bliss repos'd,
Might swear the lovely lights below
Were black as midnight's darkest brow,
But fill'd with living fire, that turn'd
All hearts to passion where it burn'd.
And next her lip—but wherefore strive
To sing the magic of her face?
The Painter's fancy ne'er could give
Such beauty to his forms of grace,
And least of all may tuneful verse
The story of her charms rehearse.
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