Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | ||
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AN ACROSTIC.
BEAUTY to claim, amongst the fairest place,
Enchanting manner, unaffected grace,
Arch without malice, merry but still wise,
Truth ever on her lips as in her eyes;
Reticent not from sullenness or pride,
Intensity of feeling but to hide;
Can any doubt such being there may be?
Each line I pen points, matchless maid, to thee!
Enchanting manner, unaffected grace,
Arch without malice, merry but still wise,
Truth ever on her lips as in her eyes;
Reticent not from sullenness or pride,
Intensity of feeling but to hide;
Can any doubt such being there may be?
Each line I pen points, matchless maid, to thee!
Proud birds of Juno, prouder may you be
That such a mistress here to tend ye deigns;
No mythologic Queen of Heaven is she,
But one who makes a heaven where'er she reigns.
Nature triumphantly has done her part
The goddess with the woman to combine;
And mingle, in a mortal form and heart,
The best of all that's human and divine.
That such a mistress here to tend ye deigns;
No mythologic Queen of Heaven is she,
But one who makes a heaven where'er she reigns.
Nature triumphantly has done her part
The goddess with the woman to combine;
And mingle, in a mortal form and heart,
The best of all that's human and divine.
Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | ||