Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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THE SPANISH MAIDEN'S SORROW. |
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THE SPANISH MAIDEN'S SORROW.
Waters of Rio Verde—flow ye still,
Fair as ye flowed when by my native hill
I wandered free from every dream of care—
Sweet Rio Verde, yes! thou still art fair!
Fair as ye flowed when by my native hill
I wandered free from every dream of care—
Sweet Rio Verde, yes! thou still art fair!
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But she who bent above thy mirror wave,
With feeble step is hurrying to the grave;
She is no longer fair—her altered brow
Would but cast gloom o'er that bright mirror now!
With feeble step is hurrying to the grave;
She is no longer fair—her altered brow
Would but cast gloom o'er that bright mirror now!
Oh! never more may she bring back to thee
Smooth cheek of bloom—or eye of brightness free;
Waters of Rio Verde! mirror back,
Far fairer faces on your silvery track!
Smooth cheek of bloom—or eye of brightness free;
Waters of Rio Verde! mirror back,
Far fairer faces on your silvery track!
Sweet Rio Verde—Rio Verde flow,
Glad beneath morn's young smile, and noontide's glow,
May shade ne'er dim thee—may no stains deface!
But lovely things—but smiles of love retrace.
Glad beneath morn's young smile, and noontide's glow,
May shade ne'er dim thee—may no stains deface!
But lovely things—but smiles of love retrace.
Oh! be the clearest air—the fairest sky—
Still glassed back by thy smooth transparency;
Enough of shadows and of sorrows sore,
Have wronged thy sweet sweet shores in days of yore.
Still glassed back by thy smooth transparency;
Enough of shadows and of sorrows sore,
Have wronged thy sweet sweet shores in days of yore.
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Waters of Rio Verde—flow in light,
The stranger streams that sparkle on my sight,
Seem void of music and repose to be,
They are not streams of Spain—they are not thee!
The stranger streams that sparkle on my sight,
Seem void of music and repose to be,
They are not streams of Spain—they are not thee!
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