The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Buchanan In Two Volumes. With a Portrait |
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 | The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Buchanan |  |
At last we rested under a green tree,
Close to the gentle bubbling of a brook
Wherein a lamb, with shadow in the pool
Wool-white and soft, was drinking quietly—
And smiling down, I said, ‘A heavenly place!
The very air beyond Christopolis
Is sweeten'd with the holy City's breath.’
Then, turning to the stranger, I exclaim'd—
‘Unhappy one! fain would I know thy name,
Thy nurture, and thy history more at length.
Tell me—perchance I may persuade thee then
To pass unto the blessèd Gate with me,
And ask forgiveness of its Lord and King.
Close to the gentle bubbling of a brook
Wherein a lamb, with shadow in the pool
Wool-white and soft, was drinking quietly—
And smiling down, I said, ‘A heavenly place!
The very air beyond Christopolis
Is sweeten'd with the holy City's breath.’
Then, turning to the stranger, I exclaim'd—
‘Unhappy one! fain would I know thy name,
Thy nurture, and thy history more at length.
Tell me—perchance I may persuade thee then
To pass unto the blessèd Gate with me,
And ask forgiveness of its Lord and King.
| The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Buchanan | |