 | The poetical works (1829) |  |
TO THE RAINBOW.
Loveliest of the meteor-train,
Girdle of the summer rain,
Finger of the dews of air,
Glowing vision fleet as fair,
While the evening shower retires
Kindle thy unhurting fires,
And among the meadows near
Thy refulgent pillar rear:
Or amid the dark-blue cloud
High thine orbed glories shroud,
Or the moisten'd hills between
Bent in mighty arch be seen,
Through whose sparkling portals wide
Fiends of storm and darkness ride.
Girdle of the summer rain,
Finger of the dews of air,
Glowing vision fleet as fair,
While the evening shower retires
Kindle thy unhurting fires,
And among the meadows near
Thy refulgent pillar rear:
Or amid the dark-blue cloud
High thine orbed glories shroud,
Or the moisten'd hills between
Bent in mighty arch be seen,
Through whose sparkling portals wide
Fiends of storm and darkness ride.
Like Cheerfulness, thou art wont to gaze
Always on the brightest blaze;
Canst from setting suns deduce
Varied gleams and sprightly hues;
And on louring gloom imprint
Smiling streaks of gayest tint.
Always on the brightest blaze;
Canst from setting suns deduce
Varied gleams and sprightly hues;
And on louring gloom imprint
Smiling streaks of gayest tint.
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