The Poetical Works of George Barlow In Ten [Eleven] Volumes |
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WITH SUMMER
With summer come, sweet spirit of my dream!
Thou art a flower of heaven: now flowers awake,
Be thou on earth a blossom for my sake,
Let blossom-wings of beauty round me gleam.
Oh, through the summer nights when lone hearts ache,
When o'er earth's solitary spirits stream
Legions of devious fancies, do thou take
My heart to heaven on bright love's rainbow-beam.
Thou art a flower of heaven: now flowers awake,
Be thou on earth a blossom for my sake,
Let blossom-wings of beauty round me gleam.
Oh, through the summer nights when lone hearts ache,
When o'er earth's solitary spirits stream
Legions of devious fancies, do thou take
My heart to heaven on bright love's rainbow-beam.
Be with me through the sacred summer nights,
A marvellous joy, a bounty in the air,
Thyself both giver of supreme delights,
And the supremest, most surpassing fair:
When sinks the dusk o'er mountain, lake, and sea,
Thou white-winged spirit of love, descend on me!
A marvellous joy, a bounty in the air,
Thyself both giver of supreme delights,
And the supremest, most surpassing fair:
When sinks the dusk o'er mountain, lake, and sea,
Thou white-winged spirit of love, descend on me!
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