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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Then hied they from the glorious strand
And quickly pac'd its glitt'ring sand,
O'er which were scatter'd shell and gem,
Each fit to grace a diadem;
(A diadem work'd out to press
A brow of regal loveliness;)
Or, sparkling ever, hang to deck
The rarest maiden's blushing neck.—
They hasten'd on, and soon were met
By forms of heavenly mould;—
Forms that the eye may ne'er forget
If once it doth behold:
Their limbs were light; their eyes were blue;
Their cheeks were all of rosy hue,—
And veins of azure, small and bright,
Career'd along their bosoms white—
Rich as the sky, when partly seen
Thro' clouds of pure and snow-like sheen.
And those who gaz'd upon their tresses,
Responding to the winds' caresses,
Might deem they had received the kiss
Of Crathis and of Sybaris,
And, wash'd in either fountain fair,
Had gain'd their matchless colors there.
And quickly pac'd its glitt'ring sand,
O'er which were scatter'd shell and gem,
Each fit to grace a diadem;
(A diadem work'd out to press
A brow of regal loveliness;)
Or, sparkling ever, hang to deck
The rarest maiden's blushing neck.—
They hasten'd on, and soon were met
By forms of heavenly mould;—
Forms that the eye may ne'er forget
If once it doth behold:
Their limbs were light; their eyes were blue;
Their cheeks were all of rosy hue,—
And veins of azure, small and bright,
Career'd along their bosoms white—
Rich as the sky, when partly seen
Thro' clouds of pure and snow-like sheen.
And those who gaz'd upon their tresses,
Responding to the winds' caresses,
Might deem they had received the kiss
Of Crathis and of Sybaris,
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Had gain'd their matchless colors there.
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