Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Bright Noon, and cloudless!—what an Arch of Pride]
Bright Noon, and cloudless!—what an Arch of PrideThese blue triumphal Heavens now form above—
An Arch of Pride yet breathing of deep love,
In their grave pure serenity—how wide
The smooth expanse—all brightly richly dyed
With one most glorious hue, yet yon fair grove
With all its changeful beauty doth not move
More admiration than that purple tide!—
A tide of one unstirred unbroken wave,
Untroubled, save with splendour-rufflings keen!—
For else, 'tis still and silent as the grave!
Oh! sweet repose in Heaven!—profound—serene—
Our souls with that some kindred feeling crave,
And gaze themselves away on that calm scene!
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