Stanzas, Composed on the Late Glorious Victories Obtained Over the French on the Peninsula by the Allied Forces Under the Command of the Most Noble Arthur, Marquis and Earl of Wellington. By J. R. Planché |
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L'Envoy.
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L'Envoy.
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The setting sun sinks in the west,The red flamingoe seeks her nest;
The weary goatherds cease to roam,
And joyful seek their mountain home.
Before the cot, upon the grass,
Each Andalusian lad and lass,
(When brightly shines the evening star)
Briskly trip fandangos round,
To the rebeck's lively sound;
Or seguedellas sweet, to tinkling guitar.
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II.
Genius of Poesy, farewell!Thy task is o'er:
The mists are rising from the lake;
Still silence holds her reign o'er bush and brake;
Save where the neighb'ring convent's vesper bell
Chimes sullen o'er the moor.
Thine is the power to soothe the wretch's woe,
To warm the soul with sympathetic glow;
To charm the drooping heart to grief a prey,
To while the heavy hours with merry lay,
And cheer with rustic song the goatherd's lonely way.
Farewell, thou minstrel maid; thy form ascending,
Still gradually lessons on my view;
'Till with its kindred skies thy spirit blending,
Melts into air amidst th' etherial blue,
And fades upon my aching sight—adieu! adieu! adieu!
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