Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
I, II, III. |
THE CHARMS OF MORNING. |
Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems | ||
THE CHARMS OF MORNING.
The glowing stillness of the Morning's Skies
Thrill to the Lark's clear brilliant harmonies—
Those Skies that deepen and that ripen soon
To the fine festal pride of full-blown Noon!
Thrill to the Lark's clear brilliant harmonies—
Those Skies that deepen and that ripen soon
To the fine festal pride of full-blown Noon!
Fair Day!—thou'rt like a most resplendent rose
That slowly to its crowned perfection blows;
But, Oh! the Rose-bud Morning hath not less
Than ripened Noon of conquering loveliness!
That slowly to its crowned perfection blows;
But, Oh! the Rose-bud Morning hath not less
Than ripened Noon of conquering loveliness!
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Morning! I love thee to my very Soul!
Thy dew-soft Clouds, that pearly-gleaming roll
And the fresh wildness of thy new-born airs!
Oh! these I love and thee, 'mid griefs and cares!
Thy dew-soft Clouds, that pearly-gleaming roll
And the fresh wildness of thy new-born airs!
Oh! these I love and thee, 'mid griefs and cares!
I love thee to my Soul!—to me—to me
Time seems the Morning of Eternity!
Our being but the Morning of that Life
We yet shall live with boundless raptures rife!
Time seems the Morning of Eternity!
Our being but the Morning of that Life
We yet shall live with boundless raptures rife!
All that we know and see is Morning yet—
Spring of a Day whose Sun shall never set!
We are the Sons of Morning, and the Heirs
Of the everlasting Day that Heaven prepares!
Spring of a Day whose Sun shall never set!
We are the Sons of Morning, and the Heirs
Of the everlasting Day that Heaven prepares!
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