The Poetical Works of George Barlow In Ten [Eleven] Volumes |
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“OUT OF PLACE” AND “IN PLACE”
Now I have seen thee, and I hereby swear
That all those sonnets never were “in place”
Except when smiling upward towards thy face
Or nestling, starlike, in thy raven hair.
Thine actual presence has but added grace
And charm to the Ideal: how could it e'er
Do aught but charm and help? Could it impair
Thought's image, sought by me in lengthened chase?
That all those sonnets never were “in place”
Except when smiling upward towards thy face
Or nestling, starlike, in thy raven hair.
Thine actual presence has but added grace
And charm to the Ideal: how could it e'er
Do aught but charm and help? Could it impair
Thought's image, sought by me in lengthened chase?
Thy face and voice have been with me. They stayed
When thy slight girlish figure in the shade
Of night was hidden, and I was left alone:
Yet not so! for the memory is so clear
That I can almost see thee standing here
And listen, as I listened, for each tone.
When thy slight girlish figure in the shade
Of night was hidden, and I was left alone:
Yet not so! for the memory is so clear
That I can almost see thee standing here
And listen, as I listened, for each tone.
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