Songs, Ballads and Stories by William Allingham ... Including Many Now First Collected: The Rest Revised and Rearranged |
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IN THE DUSK.
O welcome! friendly stars, one by one, two by two;
And the voices of the waterfall toning in the air;
Whilst the wavy landscape-outlines are blurr'd with falling dew;
As my rapture is with sadness, because I may not share,
And double it by sharing it with thee.
—Cloudy fire dies away on the sea.
And the voices of the waterfall toning in the air;
Whilst the wavy landscape-outlines are blurr'd with falling dew;
As my rapture is with sadness, because I may not share,
And double it by sharing it with thee.
—Cloudy fire dies away on the sea.
Now the calm shadowy earth she lies musing like a saint;
She is wearing for a halo the pure circlet of the moon;
From the mountain breathes the night-wind, steadily, though faint;
As I am breathing softly, “Ah! might some heav'nly boon
Bestow thee, my belov'd one, to my side!”
—Like a full, happy heart flows the tide.
She is wearing for a halo the pure circlet of the moon;
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As I am breathing softly, “Ah! might some heav'nly boon
Bestow thee, my belov'd one, to my side!”
—Like a full, happy heart flows the tide.
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