Flower Pieces and other poems By William Allingham: With two designs by Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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THE SHOOTING STAR.
Autumnal night's deep azure dome
Darken'd the lawn and terrace high,
Where groups had left their music-room
For starry hush and open sky,
To watch the meteors, how they went
Across the stately firmament.
Darken'd the lawn and terrace high,
Where groups had left their music-room
For starry hush and open sky,
To watch the meteors, how they went
Across the stately firmament.
As Walter paced with Josephine,
The loveliest maid of all he knew,
Touch'd by the vast and shadowy scene,
Their friendly spirits closer drew,
Beneath the dim-lit hollow night,
And those strange signals moving bright.
The loveliest maid of all he knew,
Touch'd by the vast and shadowy scene,
Their friendly spirits closer drew,
Beneath the dim-lit hollow night,
And those strange signals moving bright.
‘A wish,’ said Walter,—‘have you heard—
Wish'd in the shooting of a star,
Fulfils itself?’ ‘Prepare your word,’
Said Josephine; ‘there's nought to mar
The shining chance.’ ‘And may I tell?’
‘O no! for that would break the spell.’
Wish'd in the shooting of a star,
Fulfils itself?’ ‘Prepare your word,’
Said Josephine; ‘there's nought to mar
The shining chance.’ ‘And may I tell?’
‘O no! for that would break the spell.’
But now a splendid meteor flew,
And ere it died the wish was made,
And won: for in a flash they knew
The happy truth, so long delay'd,
Which months and years had never brought,—
From this bright fleeting moment caught.
And ere it died the wish was made,
And won: for in a flash they knew
The happy truth, so long delay'd,
Which months and years had never brought,—
From this bright fleeting moment caught.
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