Feda with Other Poems Chiefly Lyrical. By Rennell Rodd ... With an Etching by Harper Pennington |
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The form in which her spirit moved
Was like her spirit fair,
The dwelling of a soul that loved,
As innocent as prayer:
Was like her spirit fair,
The dwelling of a soul that loved,
As innocent as prayer:
And but to know her was to pray
Those young unclouded eyes
Might never see the world's highway,
And only watch the skies.
Those young unclouded eyes
Might never see the world's highway,
And only watch the skies.
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Though I be half of common clay,
And half of light sea foam,
Though you are near the sun-ray,
And the azure is your home,
And half of light sea foam,
Though you are near the sun-ray,
And the azure is your home,
The changing cloud renews its birth,
And when the tear-drops rain,
You cannot choose but come to earth
To get to heaven again.
And when the tear-drops rain,
You cannot choose but come to earth
To get to heaven again.
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Two flowers in a world's garden,
In the dark shadow one,
And one through noons of springtide
Drawn up to see the sun.
In the dark shadow one,
And one through noons of springtide
Drawn up to see the sun.
Young flower of life, blow sun-ward
To skies of summer blue!
But I that dwell in the shadow,
What have I to do with you!
To skies of summer blue!
But I that dwell in the shadow,
What have I to do with you!
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