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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“There is light in the sky,
There is balm in the air,
And the still earth may vie
With the beauty that's there;—
And the Spirits of Ocean are roving afar,
From the depths of the Sea to the furthermost star.
Some have gone, on gay pinions,
To climes of the East,
In Arabia's dominions
On perfume to feast;
And some, sportive, are laid
On ice-cover'd rocks,
Where the Mermaidens braid
Their emerald locks:
Some are floating on Ocean;
Some laugh in the light
Of the Moon, whose proud motion
Ennobles the night:
Some move in the vale
To the music they play,
And then, on the gale,
Hurry blithely away;
Whilst we gayly watch over young Beauty's slumbers,
And warble with joy in our sweetest of numbers.
There is balm in the air,
And the still earth may vie
With the beauty that's there;—
And the Spirits of Ocean are roving afar,
From the depths of the Sea to the furthermost star.
Some have gone, on gay pinions,
To climes of the East,
In Arabia's dominions
On perfume to feast;
And some, sportive, are laid
On ice-cover'd rocks,
Where the Mermaidens braid
Their emerald locks:
Some are floating on Ocean;
Some laugh in the light
Of the Moon, whose proud motion
Ennobles the night:
Some move in the vale
To the music they play,
And then, on the gale,
Hurry blithely away;
Whilst we gayly watch over young Beauty's slumbers,
And warble with joy in our sweetest of numbers.
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“Slumber, Maiden! Love is waking
To behold his Beauty rest;—
Blessing, kissing oft and breaking
Roses on thy cheek imprest.
To behold his Beauty rest;—
Blessing, kissing oft and breaking
Roses on thy cheek imprest.
“Slumber sweetly, Maiden young!
Spirits fair have o'er thee sung
Gayly, gayly,—and away
Hasten with the waves to play:—
Slumber, slumber all the night—
Maiden dear! thy dreams are bright.”
Spirits fair have o'er thee sung
Gayly, gayly,—and away
Hasten with the waves to play:—
Slumber, slumber all the night—
Maiden dear! thy dreams are bright.”
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