Poems Consisting Of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age |
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[Say, what is love, that luxury of hearts]
Say, what is love, that luxury of hearts,Which feeds on hope, and fear, despair, and sighs,
Which by one look a thousand vows, imparts,
And speaks the silent language of the eyes.
Refin'd as snows, that bleach upon the blast,
Pure as the Pilgrim's kiss at Mecca's shrine,
Is Love!—now drooping sad, with woes o'ercast,
Now floating o'er the clouds on wing divine.
A glorious spark of heav'nly heat, to fire
The mortal mind with extacy sincere,
That burns, in verse, along the sounding wire;
And bids a pensive pleasure swell each tear.
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