Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne With a Memoir and Poems of Caroline Oliphant the Younger: Edited by the Rev. Charles Rogers ... With a Portrait and Other Illustrations |
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THE GARDEN AT GASK. |
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THE GARDEN AT GASK.
Fain would I linger here, as I have seen
The sun reposing on this mossy green,
That well might tempt his chariot-wheels to stay,
And check his coursers in their fiery way.
Speed on, thou Sun, thy home is in the west;
I too must speed, for this is not my rest.
The sun reposing on this mossy green,
That well might tempt his chariot-wheels to stay,
And check his coursers in their fiery way.
Speed on, thou Sun, thy home is in the west;
I too must speed, for this is not my rest.
Like thee, bright orb! my further path is trac'd,
And to my going down, I too must haste,
For on my pilgrim path no Gibeon's hill
Invites my weary spirit to stand still.
Thou hast returned and brought the shadow back;
I may not, would not, turn me from my track.
And to my going down, I too must haste,
For on my pilgrim path no Gibeon's hill
Invites my weary spirit to stand still.
Thou hast returned and brought the shadow back;
I may not, would not, turn me from my track.
Still o'er these mossy walks thy circuit make,
Still in these bowers thy bright siesta take;
On me the gate hath closed, and I must go
Forth from this Eden thro' a vale of woe;
Diverse our path, yet both our God hath blest;
Heav'n spreads a couch for each—a glorious golden rest.
Still in these bowers thy bright siesta take;
On me the gate hath closed, and I must go
Forth from this Eden thro' a vale of woe;
Diverse our path, yet both our God hath blest;
Heav'n spreads a couch for each—a glorious golden rest.
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