Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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SONNET ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
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SONNET ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
[Bright World of Earth and Air, Sea, Sky, and Sun]
Bright World of Earth and Air, Sea, Sky, and Sun,Would I to thee were wedded!—I would be
A worldling thus, thus only—proudly free
Are they who own such sway; their chains are spun
Of light and air—but thy sway let me shun,
Harsh, hollow World of vain Society!—
Heaven's World!—O! to be wedded unto thee,—
And to that glorious Heaven, may be as one!—
Aye, this may brightly e'en one meaning bear!—
This may indeed be as the self-same thing!—
Bright World of Sea and Sky, Sun, Earth, and Air,
Let me be wedded all to thee.—Oh! fling
Thy flowery chains around me—fine and fair,—
For unto thee my heart and soul I bring!
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