The poetical works of Robert Stephen Hawker Edited from the original manuscripts and annotated copies together with a prefatory notice and bibliography by Alfred Wallis |
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A THOUGHT. |
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A THOUGHT.
A fair and stately scene of roof and walls,
Touched by the ruddy sunsets of the West;
Where, meek and molten, eve's soft radiance falls
Like golden feathers in the ringdove's nest.
Touched by the ruddy sunsets of the West;
Where, meek and molten, eve's soft radiance falls
Like golden feathers in the ringdove's nest.
Yonder the bounding sea, that couch of God!
A wavy wilderness of sand between;
Such pavement, in the Syrian deserts, trod
Bright forms, in girded albs, of heavenly mien.
A wavy wilderness of sand between;
Such pavement, in the Syrian deserts, trod
Bright forms, in girded albs, of heavenly mien.
Such saw the patriarch in his noonday tent:
Three severed shapes that glided in the sun,
Till lo! they cling, and, interfused and blent,
A lovely semblance gleams—the Three in One!
Three severed shapes that glided in the sun,
Till lo! they cling, and, interfused and blent,
A lovely semblance gleams—the Three in One!
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Be such the scenery of this peaceful ground
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This leafy tent amid the wilderness:
Fair skies above, the breath of Angels round,
And God the Trinity to beam and bless!
This leafy tent amid the wilderness:
Fair skies above, the breath of Angels round,
And God the Trinity to beam and bless!
August 30, 1866.
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