Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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A GLOOMY HOUR.
'Twas a tempest of shadows came down on my Soul
As I heard the loud torrents unmusical roll,
As I mark'd the huge clouds o'er the hoar mountain's brow,
That seem'd crushing its loftiness—dark'ning its snow!
As I heard the loud torrents unmusical roll,
As I mark'd the huge clouds o'er the hoar mountain's brow,
That seem'd crushing its loftiness—dark'ning its snow!
In its blankness of barrenness frowned the stern scene,
(To which deserts were fair, and storm-whirlwinds serene)
For so rugged its features, that e'en in repose,
As a dread haunt of terror that gloomy scene shows.
(To which deserts were fair, and storm-whirlwinds serene)
For so rugged its features, that e'en in repose,
As a dread haunt of terror that gloomy scene shows.
'Twas a tempest—a midnight of shadows came down
On My Soul's awe-struck silence, whence calm thoughts had flown;
As I gazed on that scene in its terrible might,
And well might all fair thoughts and visions take flight.
On My Soul's awe-struck silence, whence calm thoughts had flown;
As I gazed on that scene in its terrible might,
And well might all fair thoughts and visions take flight.
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There are scenes in Creation where Chaos seems still
To put forth his stern power, and to work his harsh will;
And, Oh! in this world where such beauty shines fair,
How dread frown those scenes, what dire terrors are there.
To put forth his stern power, and to work his harsh will;
And, Oh! in this world where such beauty shines fair,
How dread frown those scenes, what dire terrors are there.
But these too have their uses, their good gracious ends,
What an hundred-fold beauty their wild mem'ry lends
To thy fairer forms, Nature! which ever appear,
With these horrors contrasted more witching and dear.
What an hundred-fold beauty their wild mem'ry lends
To thy fairer forms, Nature! which ever appear,
With these horrors contrasted more witching and dear.
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