 | Poems by Bernard Barton |  |
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TO MARY.
Remember me, love, when thou walkest alone,
In a still summer's evening, beside the green sea;
When all that thy gentle eye gazes upon
Is peaceful, and pure, and attractive, like thee.
In a still summer's evening, beside the green sea;
When all that thy gentle eye gazes upon
Is peaceful, and pure, and attractive, like thee.
In the brightness of morn, when thou seekest the shore,
To revive on thy soft cheek health's loveliest hue,
Rejoice in the sunshine, and smile at the roar
Of the loud bursting billows, as others may do.
To revive on thy soft cheek health's loveliest hue,
Rejoice in the sunshine, and smile at the roar
Of the loud bursting billows, as others may do.
Talk gaily with those who may roam with thee then,
And share all an innocent bosom may crave,—
Till the western horizon is glorious again,
And soft music breaks with each murmuring wave:—
And share all an innocent bosom may crave,—
Till the western horizon is glorious again,
And soft music breaks with each murmuring wave:—
Then devote a few moments of silence to him
Who often reverts to that calm even-tide,
When waves rippled gently, and day-light grew dim,
As we rov'd, arm in arm, on the green ocean's side.
Who often reverts to that calm even-tide,
When waves rippled gently, and day-light grew dim,
As we rov'd, arm in arm, on the green ocean's side.
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