Walden's Miscellaneous Poems which the author desires to dedicate to the Cause of Education and Humanity |
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EULOGY ON A CLASSMATE. |
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EULOGY ON A CLASSMATE.
TO E. E. S.
Sweet and pleasant are thy features,
Kind, and lovely are thy ways,
Fairer than ten thousand creatures,
The brightest vision of my days!
Kind, and lovely are thy ways,
Fairer than ten thousand creatures,
The brightest vision of my days!
I mark thy steps from day to day,
And know that they are firm and true.
I only wish a word to say;
Take heed to all you speak or do.
And know that they are firm and true.
I only wish a word to say;
Take heed to all you speak or do.
From thy door a glancing look,
Upon my heart what wonders wrought!
Thy smiles from me my sorrows took.
Oh, how I felt! Oh, what I thought!
Upon my heart what wonders wrought!
Thy smiles from me my sorrows took.
Oh, how I felt! Oh, what I thought!
Now let me to yon garden go,
Where flowers bloom so fair and gay,
There I shall find some one I know,
Who will entice me there to stay.
Where flowers bloom so fair and gay,
There I shall find some one I know,
Who will entice me there to stay.
Among the flowers, great and small,
The sweetness I will much admire;
Till one I find amidst them all,
That I may pick, and then retire.
The sweetness I will much admire;
Till one I find amidst them all,
That I may pick, and then retire.
Art thou not in gorgeous green,
Where all the living flowers grow,
How is it that thou art the queen
Of all who see, and all who know?
Where all the living flowers grow,
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Of all who see, and all who know?
But for myself, let me employ,
Ten thousand tongues, this one to aid,
That I may speak my inward joy,
When thee I see, thou pretty maid.
Ten thousand tongues, this one to aid,
That I may speak my inward joy,
When thee I see, thou pretty maid.
Kind Miss, I thee must bid adieu,
To thee, and all who thee surround;
But let me say, there's none like thee,
In all the world, that I have found.
To thee, and all who thee surround;
But let me say, there's none like thee,
In all the world, that I have found.
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