Poems and Essays By the late William Caldwell Roscoe. (Edited with a Prefatory Memoir, by his Brother-in-law, Richard Holt Hutton) |
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F. M.
Beauty, not orient, but sweet as nightfall
In starry June;
Not resplendent, but no less delightful
Than airy music played in tune.
In starry June;
Not resplendent, but no less delightful
Than airy music played in tune.
Motion, not fanciful, but no less graceful
Than wind-blown tree;
And a voice, whereat amazeful
Listening we lend our souls to thee.
Than wind-blown tree;
And a voice, whereat amazeful
Listening we lend our souls to thee.
Feeling, not passionate, but smoothly centred
In thy breast;
Not an angel hither ventured,
But a maiden heaven addressed.
In thy breast;
Not an angel hither ventured,
But a maiden heaven addressed.
1845.
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