Dramatic Scenes With Other Poems, Now First Printed. By Barry Cornwall [i.e. Bryan Waller Procter]. Illustrated |
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A WORD ON BEHALF OF WATER.
SENT TO MISS JULIA ---.
The murmuring Water,—how it runs
Its seaward course, how pure and clear,
Past all the snows and all the suns
That lie within the Julian year.
Its seaward course, how pure and clear,
Past all the snows and all the suns
That lie within the Julian year.
Not dangerous, like the fiery wines;
Not turbid, like the drunken beer;
It lends its aid to all, and shines,
The glory of the Julian year.
Not turbid, like the drunken beer;
It lends its aid to all, and shines,
The glory of the Julian year.
Once, in my careless, thoughtless youth,
I sang of riotous vinous cheer;
But now I turn to simple Truth,
Taught—by two Julian stars—to steer.
I sang of riotous vinous cheer;
But now I turn to simple Truth,
Taught—by two Julian stars—to steer.
By Julian stars I see the right,
By Julian stars I see the wrong,
And Julia, by her gentle might,
Now turns my humble prose—to song.
By Julian stars I see the wrong,
And Julia, by her gentle might,
Now turns my humble prose—to song.
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