[Poems by Willis in] The ladies' casket containing a gem, together with its sentiment, and a poetical description, for each day in the week, and each month in the year |
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Beryl.—I LONG FOR YOU.
SUNDAY
Tranquil and effortless thou glidest on,As doth the swan upon the yielding water,
And with a cheek like alabaster cold!
And as thou dost divide the amorous air,
and dost lift
That veil of languid lashes—lady! then
My heart springs in within that fringed veil,
Like an adventurous bird that would escape
To some warm chamber from the outer cold!
And there would I delightedly remain,
And close that fringed window with a kiss,
And in the sweet warm chamber of thy breast
Be prisoner forever!
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Idocrase.—HONESTY AND STRENGTH.
TUESDAY.
Thou hast the secret strangeTo read that hidden book, the human heart;
Thou hast the ready writer's practised art;
Thou hast the thought to range
The broadest circles Intellect ever ran.—
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