Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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THE ISLAND OF CAPRI. |
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THE ISLAND OF CAPRI.
Island of Beauty! rising like a throneFrom out these lovely waters calm and blue,
The sunset now burns o'er thee, and doth strew
Thy heights with rich and ruddy beams—each one!—
Jove, from his great Olympus—starry-strown,
Might gaze down envious on thee—(for thy hue
Is most celestial) covetous of the due
Of his proud rival Neptune—reigning lone.
For, Isle of Beauty! thou thyself dost seem
A little rosy Heaven of Love and Light,
And round thee, robed in tints triumphal, beam
Such seas of sapphire glory—kindling bright—
Such shores of pride, with prodigal charms, that teem—
A galaxy of Heavens seems opening on the sight!
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