Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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WRITTEN IN THE STEAMER, ON LEAVING CONSTANTINOPLE.
Borne on the billows of the Euxine's foamWe share the gladness of the bark's career,
And bless these bounding billows far and near,
Because they bear us towards our sea-girt Home!
There is a rapture known to those who roam,
A gentle joy, a priceless and a dear—
Haste! thou sweet hour when we shall see appear
The cliffs of Fatherland—no dream of gloom
Must dare to mar that Prospect of Delight!—
On which the Soul expatiates, and is still!—
Already dawns upon Her subtler sight
Each scene that can her depths of feeling fill—
Brighter the picture grows, and yet more bright
Through Love's deep power and Hope's and Memory's skill!
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