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Constantinople seen at Sun-rise. |
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SONNET II. Constantinople seen at Sun-rise.
A city didst thou seem of fabled lore,Mid cypress-groves of never fading green,
With minaret and gilded dome between,
While the sea softly kist thy grassy shore:
Shooting athwart whose sapphire pool were seen
Pinnace and gorgeous galley—many a score—
Whence noise was none save that of plashing oar:
Tumult or talk marred not the calm serene.
Unheard is bearded boatman's hail or joke;
Who mute as Sinbad's man of copper rows,
And only intermits his sturdy stroke,
When reckless gull too near his galley goes:
I marked, unmindful if I dreamed or woke,
This painted piece of motion and repose.
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