Poems and Essays By the late William Caldwell Roscoe. (Edited with a Prefatory Memoir, by his Brother-in-law, Richard Holt Hutton) |
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TO A LADY PREFERRING CALM TO PASSIONATE POETRY.
Much, Cousin, I commend your wiser choice,Which rather loves these evener notes to hear
Than her whose muse still weeps so bitter a tear:
For us the Poet shall not with sad voice
Match melancholy breath to the sweet noise
Of all Apollo's harpings; but his ear
Something forget our passionate earthly sphere,
And catch the finer sound, which says, rejoice.
So may we, not untouched by Grief and Care,—
The hidden angels,—keep yet a spirit serene,
Climbing from step to step Faith's golden stair,
And, upward gazing from this mortal scene,
See our beloved like beckoning angels stand,
And hear low whispers from the heavenly land.
1847.
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