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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Lo! again the Morning bright
Shines in her celestial height,
Smiling from eastern mountain's crest
On night, retiring to the west:—
Early sun-beams gleam around;
Sparkling dew-drops kiss the ground;—
And every branch of every tree
Gives token of returning glee.
The air grows warm, and now advance
The insects in their mazy dance;
The flowers assume a lovelier hue
And all their odors bland renew;
In deeper tints the skies are clad,
Enlight'ning all the waters glad,
And Earth and Heaven their charms display
In honor of the rising Day.
Still Reumon, by young Laura's side,
Ador'd his dear, unrivall'd bride;
Nor heeded time, nor light, nor space
In gazing on her peerless face;
But fondly linger'd near to mark
The changes of its beauty—Hark!
A trumpet's loud and deaf'ning clang,
Tumultuous, in the distance rang.
Shines in her celestial height,
Smiling from eastern mountain's crest
On night, retiring to the west:—
Early sun-beams gleam around;
Sparkling dew-drops kiss the ground;—
And every branch of every tree
Gives token of returning glee.
The air grows warm, and now advance
The insects in their mazy dance;
The flowers assume a lovelier hue
And all their odors bland renew;
In deeper tints the skies are clad,
Enlight'ning all the waters glad,
And Earth and Heaven their charms display
In honor of the rising Day.
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Ador'd his dear, unrivall'd bride;
Nor heeded time, nor light, nor space
In gazing on her peerless face;
But fondly linger'd near to mark
The changes of its beauty—Hark!
A trumpet's loud and deaf'ning clang,
Tumultuous, in the distance rang.
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