Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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MY THOUGHTS ARE FOLLOWERS IN THY
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MY THOUGHTS ARE FOLLOWERS IN THY TRAIN.
My thoughts are followers in thy train,
Wherever thou may'st go;
They hold one calm and constant strain,
They keep one changeless flow.
Wherever thou may'st go;
They hold one calm and constant strain,
They keep one changeless flow.
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My mind's deep Worlds with passion fraught,
Know but thy smile—but one!
These worlds, of many-coloured thought,
Are lit by that sole sun.
Know but thy smile—but one!
These worlds, of many-coloured thought,
Are lit by that sole sun.
For this, for these I crave alone,
One deep thought, true and kind;
If love from thy changed heart hath flown,
Should mem'ry leave thy mind?
One deep thought, true and kind;
If love from thy changed heart hath flown,
Should mem'ry leave thy mind?
Oh, think of me! yet think of me,
Kindly and gently still;
If not thy heart, thy memory
Mine image long should fill!
Kindly and gently still;
If not thy heart, thy memory
Mine image long should fill!
My thoughts are followers still of thine,
Faithful, and firm, and true;—
From their first birth they were not mine,—
Thy tribute and thy due!—
Faithful, and firm, and true;—
From their first birth they were not mine,—
Thy tribute and thy due!—
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My thoughts are followers in thy train,
Winged travellers after thine;
They weave a long and burning chain,
Whose links round thee entwine.
Winged travellers after thine;
They weave a long and burning chain,
Whose links round thee entwine.
As roll the stars around the sun,
As seaward rolls each stream,
My thoughts must circle round the One—
Be true to the Supreme!
As seaward rolls each stream,
My thoughts must circle round the One—
Be true to the Supreme!
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