Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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STANZAS.
[I am a withered leaf]
I am a withered leaf
Spring's glorious pomps among,
A heavy note of grief
In Life's resounding song.
Spring's glorious pomps among,
A heavy note of grief
In Life's resounding song.
I am a shadowy cloud
On Nature's smiling sky,
Where rosy splendours crowd,
Where Morn's bright footsteps fly!
On Nature's smiling sky,
Where rosy splendours crowd,
Where Morn's bright footsteps fly!
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I am a loosened chord
In Earth's great living lyre,
Unrecked of—undeplored—
Whose tones no more aspire!
In Earth's great living lyre,
Unrecked of—undeplored—
Whose tones no more aspire!
A ruined tower forlorn,
'Midst the city's palaced pride:
Ah! wherefore was I born?
Or, why have I not died?
'Midst the city's palaced pride:
Ah! wherefore was I born?
Or, why have I not died?
Peace—peace, presumptuous heart!
Endure in silence here,
Not always may thy part
Be anguish, doubt, and fear.
Endure in silence here,
Not always may thy part
Be anguish, doubt, and fear.
Happy among the bless'd,
And chainless 'mid the free;
In the worlds of perfect rest,
May'st thou yet deeply be!
And chainless 'mid the free;
In the worlds of perfect rest,
May'st thou yet deeply be!
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