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Laurella and other poems

by John Todhunter

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ROSAMUND'S BOWER.

Deep in my soul there is a region sweet,
Untraversed of life's dusty carriage-wheels,
Wherein my heart hath her divinest seat
In trancéd quiet. There Time's shadow steals
No sunshine from the summer; but great trees
Bask in fair lawns and brood o'er haunted streams
With restful shade, and music of happy dreams
Is blown about the fragrant pleasaunces
Where all pure thoughts find pasture. Never blight
Falls from the azure heaven, whose dewy spell
Keeps fresh the meadow-glades. There among flowers,
Safe-nested in my inmost of delight,
Hid from the world, as queen my Love doth dwell,
Tended by blissful hands of virgin hours.