 | The Uncollected Poems of Henry Timrod |  |
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LATE THE HOUR
Late the hour as I lay gazing
With an earnest glance,
Where the star of love was blazing
Through the dark expanse.
With an earnest glance,
Where the star of love was blazing
Through the dark expanse.
“Lovely planet give a token,
If the power be thine,
That her vows are yet unbroken,
And her heart still mine.”
If the power be thine,
That her vows are yet unbroken,
And her heart still mine.”
Brighter seem'd the planet to me
Than before to shine,
As in answer it would show me
That her heart was mine.
Than before to shine,
As in answer it would show me
That her heart was mine.
I turn'd me to the light clouds fleeting
O'er the starlit sky
In thousand transient figure's meeting
To the gazer's eye.
O'er the starlit sky
In thousand transient figure's meeting
To the gazer's eye.
Form'd like two hearts link'd together,
One appear'd above
Sailing as calmly through the ether
As glides an hour of love.
One appear'd above
Sailing as calmly through the ether
As glides an hour of love.
Now I know, cried I, delighted
By yon welcome sign,
That she keeps the faith she plighted
And her heart's still mine.
By yon welcome sign,
That she keeps the faith she plighted
And her heart's still mine.
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