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THE POET'S FANCY
Lightfooted Iris, playing round the vessel,
Born of the sunshine and the flying spray,
When the long sullen billows roll and wrestle,
Leaping in airy dance along the way!
Born of the sunshine and the flying spray,
When the long sullen billows roll and wrestle,
Leaping in airy dance along the way!
Fair fleeting splendor, delicately glowing,
With gracious color spanning the cold wave,
Where o'er the weary waste wild winds are blowing,
And wild with clamorous voice the waters rave.
With gracious color spanning the cold wave,
Where o'er the weary waste wild winds are blowing,
And wild with clamorous voice the waters rave.
So springs the poet's fancy, many-tinted,
Along the ocean where life's voyager goes,
Let but a wandering ray of light be hinted,
Beauty takes shape and like a rainbow glows.
Along the ocean where life's voyager goes,
Let but a wandering ray of light be hinted,
Beauty takes shape and like a rainbow glows.
So his sweet thought takes shape, leaps up and gladdens
And warms with rainbow gleams the wintry day,
And when life's cold winds chill and darkness saddens,
Spans with an arch of joy the dreary way.
And warms with rainbow gleams the wintry day,
And when life's cold winds chill and darkness saddens,
Spans with an arch of joy the dreary way.
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