Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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DEAR WILD FLOWERS. |
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DEAR WILD FLOWERS.
Dear Wild Flowers of the new-born welcome Spring,Here ye unfold in early blossoming!
For 'tis a sheltered spot, and warm and still—
So guarded by the closely fencing hill;
It little knows of storms and blighting airs:
E'en Winter here his rougher guise forbears,
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And many birds rise gladly on the wing,
From its sweet covert filling air and sky
With joy, and life, and thrilling melody.
'Tis an enchanted spot, and fair and bright!
And Spring doth well here first in smiles to alight—
And cradle her amidst its calms serene,
For well the season suiteth with the scene.
Nought stern nor rugged here may meet the eye—
Its features are like those of Infancy,
All softly moulded with a tender grace,
Each faintly traced, yet forming Love's own face!
A mild and seraph-beauty, that charms more
Than prouder graces which we bend before!
Dear Scene! that brings back to my tearful view
Old days, old dreams—yet dearer than the new—
Sink deep into my heart, and Oh! stamp there,
(Where long hath brooded dark and sleepless care,)
Unchanged beneath whatever changing sky,
Thine—and the image of tranquillity!
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