Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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ATHENS DESCRIED AT DAYBREAK FROM THE SEA.
The rising sun, behind the Acropolis,Blazed like its olden glory yet once more
Descending on it, radiant as before—
The rosy lights those mighty ruins kiss;
They seem all bathed in beauty and in bliss:—
Anon the sun rides high—we touch the shore;
The glad and glowing colours that they wore,
Leave them to their proud gloom!—more fair in this—
More holy and more kingly:—all around
Springs a new city from the hallowed dust
Of the old and lost one, as this honoured ground
Gave back to resurrection its dread trust
Of Might,—Strength,—Power—yet where shall they be found,
The Brave,—the Wise,—the Eloquent,—the Just?
Athens, August 2.
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