The legendary consisting of original pieces, principally illustrative of American history, scenery, and manners |
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SUNLIGHT AT EVENING. |
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SUNLIGHT AT EVENING.
How beautifully soft it seems to sleep
Upon the lap of the unbreathing vale,
And where, unruffled by the gentlest gale,
The lake its bosom spreads, and in its deep,
Clear wave, another world appears to keep,
Upon the lap of the unbreathing vale,
And where, unruffled by the gentlest gale,
The lake its bosom spreads, and in its deep,
Clear wave, another world appears to keep,
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To steal the heart from this! for through the veil
Transparent we may see, tree, rock, hill, dale,
And sapphire sky, and golden mountain steep,
That real seem, though fairer than our own;—
Still, picture faint of that pure region drawn
By prophet's pen, but not to mortal shown,
Where flow rivers of bliss—and vale, and lawn
Are strewn with flowers immortal—where, alone,
Night never comes, and day is without dawn.
Transparent we may see, tree, rock, hill, dale,
And sapphire sky, and golden mountain steep,
That real seem, though fairer than our own;—
Still, picture faint of that pure region drawn
By prophet's pen, but not to mortal shown,
Where flow rivers of bliss—and vale, and lawn
Are strewn with flowers immortal—where, alone,
Night never comes, and day is without dawn.
| DESCRIPTIVE SONNETS. The legendary | |