Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Beautiful Spring, thy young ambrosial breath]
Beautiful Spring, thy young ambrosial breathNow dwells caressingly upon the air,
While many a floweret new unfoldeth fair,
And all the grey and gloomy hues of Death
Which Winter scattered in his rugged wrath,
Are charmed away by thee!—thy witcheries rare
Bring opiates for our sorrow and our care;
Thou sheddest hopes like rose-leaves on our path,
Thine every smile, and whisper can enchant
A grief or an anxiety away!
How dost thou to our restless wishes grant
Novelty more than new—each opening day
That doth thy reign extend—doth sweetly pant
With kindlings of a fresh delight, Oh! keep thy sway!
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