Minuscula Lyrics of Nature, Art and Love. By Francis William Bourdillon |
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From woods, from mountains, and from lonely streams,But most from fair girl-faces I have drawn
The inspiration which in after dreams
Floods all the spirit, like a golden dawn.
But now to be half-human, as a Faun,
Or more than human, as an Angel, seems
Alone desirable; whom fancy deems
Awake to beauty, but from love withdrawn.
For on thy loveliness if I could gaze
And feel, not human love, but that desire,
Spirit exalting, which the stars inspire
On summer nights or seas on summer days:
Then might I read, writ clear in human eyes,
The undeciphered speech of seas and skies.
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