Voices from the Lakes, and Other Poems By the Rev. Charles D. Bell |
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SONNET. THE AZURE GROTTO, CAPRI.
Beneath the vine-clad slopes of Capri's Isle,Which run down to the margin of that sea,
Whose waters kiss the sweet Parthenope,
There is a Grot whose rugged front the while,
Frowns only dark where all is seen to smile.
But enter, and behold! surpassing fair
The magic sight that meets your vision there—
Not heaven with all its broad expanse of blue,
Gleams coloured with a sheen so rich, so rare,
So changing in its clear translucent hue—
Glassed in the lustrous wave the walls and roof,
Shine as does silver scattered o'er the woof
Of some rich robe; or bright as stars whose light
Inlays the azure concave of the night.
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