Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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I THINK OF THEE.
I think of thee—and all dark thoughts of sorrow or of sin,
That ever have abode in gloom my troubled heart within,
Take flight from that most lovely dream, from that enchanted thought,
Till with mines of Purity and Peace my bosom seemeth fraught.
That ever have abode in gloom my troubled heart within,
Take flight from that most lovely dream, from that enchanted thought,
Till with mines of Purity and Peace my bosom seemeth fraught.
How should unblest or loveless thoughts my gentle one accord
With bright and blessed thoughts of thee—the chosen and th' adored!
As soon should falcons fierce and doves harmoniously agree,
And desperate sharks with dolphins shy that sport along the sea,
With bright and blessed thoughts of thee—the chosen and th' adored!
As soon should falcons fierce and doves harmoniously agree,
And desperate sharks with dolphins shy that sport along the sea,
Leopards and timorous antelopes together shall consent,
Ere thoughts of strife and thoughts of thee shall be together blent;
Lightnings and sunbeams wreathe themselves into one glitt'ring chain,
Ere dreams of wrong and dreams of thee shall mingle in my brain.
Ere thoughts of strife and thoughts of thee shall be together blent;
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Ere dreams of wrong and dreams of thee shall mingle in my brain.
I think of thee—and all dark thoughts of sorrow, strife, and sin,
That ever have in gloom abode my troubled heart within,
Take flight from that most happy thought—thus, thus Love, it is thine
To make the Heart wherein thou dwell'st a pure and perfect shrine!
That ever have in gloom abode my troubled heart within,
Take flight from that most happy thought—thus, thus Love, it is thine
To make the Heart wherein thou dwell'st a pure and perfect shrine!
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