Sonnets, Lyrics and Translations By the Rev. Charles Turner [i.e. Charles Tennyson] |
A BRIDAL FAREWELL. |
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A BRIDAL FAREWELL.
Farewell it is my parting hour;
Thy sister wends her way with me,
To spend far-off by land and sea,
That first fair Moon of bliss and glee,
That gleams upon our orange-flower.
Thy sister wends her way with me,
To spend far-off by land and sea,
That first fair Moon of bliss and glee,
That gleams upon our orange-flower.
Fair Moon! that guard'st those petals fair!
Full sweetly may'st thou downward shine!
Oh! light us o'er the ocean-brine,
And wane not on the winding Rhine,
Nor where the Switzer's mountains are!
Full sweetly may'st thou downward shine!
Oh! light us o'er the ocean-brine,
And wane not on the winding Rhine,
Nor where the Switzer's mountains are!
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