The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed With a Memoir by the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. Fourth Edition. In Two Volumes |
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STANZAS
WRITTEN FOR A FRIEND.
Bliss to those that love thee!
Bliss to those thou lovest!
May Heaven smile above thee
Wheresoe'er thou rovest!
May no storm come nigh thee
On the tumbling ocean!
May the green wave ripple by thee
With a lulling motion!
Bliss to those thou lovest!
May Heaven smile above thee
Wheresoe'er thou rovest!
May no storm come nigh thee
On the tumbling ocean!
May the green wave ripple by thee
With a lulling motion!
The wild voice of thy laughter
Hath fleeted from before me,
But an echo lingers after,
Flinging magic o'er me!
Thy fair smile is not beaming
Its young mirth around me,
But I doat upon it, dreaming,
When the spell hath bound me.
Hath fleeted from before me,
But an echo lingers after,
Flinging magic o'er me!
Thy fair smile is not beaming
Its young mirth around me,
But I doat upon it, dreaming,
When the spell hath bound me.
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I cannot see or hear thee,
Dearest of Earth's daughters;
But my soul is ever near thee,
On the quiet waters.
Bliss to those that love thee!
Bliss to those thou lovest!
And mav Heaven smile above thee
Wheresoe'er thou rovest!
Dearest of Earth's daughters;
But my soul is ever near thee,
On the quiet waters.
Bliss to those that love thee!
Bliss to those thou lovest!
And mav Heaven smile above thee
Wheresoe'er thou rovest!
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