Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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NOW MORNING AFTER MORNING DAWNS. |
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NOW MORNING AFTER MORNING DAWNS.
Now Morning after Morning dawns,
To bring no light to me;
The only sunshine that I know,
Now smiles in memory.
To bring no light to me;
The only sunshine that I know,
Now smiles in memory.
Since thou hast left me to regret,
And suffering silent love,
I see no beauty in the earth,
And nought but clouds above.
And suffering silent love,
I see no beauty in the earth,
And nought but clouds above.
Night after night comes frowning still,
While dreams these eyelids shun;
The darkness of a thousand nights,
Seems crowded now in one.
While dreams these eyelids shun;
The darkness of a thousand nights,
Seems crowded now in one.
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I have thought o'er, unnumbered times,
Each word, each look of thine;
Memory grows weary of her task,
And fades in fast decline.
Each word, each look of thine;
Memory grows weary of her task,
And fades in fast decline.
And sorrow still her shadow throws
Round memory's mournful path,
And makes her labour dry and dull,
Since she its best fruits hath.
Round memory's mournful path,
And makes her labour dry and dull,
Since she its best fruits hath.
Oh! each remembered word and look
But brings regret and fear;
Who, who now dwells beside thee, love
To see thee and to hear?
But brings regret and fear;
Who, who now dwells beside thee, love
To see thee and to hear?
I have thought o'er, ten thousand times,
Each look and word of thine:
Oh! who hath the reality,
While but the shadow's mine?
Each look and word of thine:
Oh! who hath the reality,
While but the shadow's mine?
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Memory and hope, these both must fade,
And both are fading fast;
But thou—thou rash and fatal love,
Thou still unchanged must last!
And both are fading fast;
But thou—thou rash and fatal love,
Thou still unchanged must last!
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