Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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THE BEAUTIES OF THE RHINE.
Fair is the hour!—Soul! breathe thee for a space;The hills seem soaring, eagle-like, on high,—
(There leading too the rapt adoring eye,)
As tho' with life-like power!—Side, crest, and base,
Suffused with sunshine!—from its own proud place
The river tempts the blue and lustrous sky,
To flash it back with added brilliancy—
And both grow precious in that bright embrace!—
All that is fair above is seen beneath—
Still fairer in this time so soft—so dear!—
All the sky-flowers are twined in this proud wreath,
This sparkling wreath of waters, fresh and clear!—
Uncrisped, untroubled, by the tenderest breath,—
Wherein like treasured gems they shrined appear.
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