The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-22
ssMy Tricksy Spirit"

(Original.
"My Tricksy Spirit"
Fine apparition, my quaint Ariel
Aark, in thine ear."-sAahspeare.
Oh! darling daughter of the hour,
Sweet Fancy. at q moment born,
That bring'st Of every cline the how'r,
And wak'st of every day the morn.
Creature Of love, and life, and air,
Of dewy dusk and starry bright,
Come with the sunset in thv hair,
Aud glimpsing gold of wing in flight.
Bring memories of the pebbly brooks,
From forests deep that green the shade
Where every flower that upward looks,
Beguiies some tear-drop to the glade.
And lift the silence from the grove,
And crown it with voice to spell
The wandering heart: of those who love,
And sorrow that they love too we'll.
Weave for some sadder wings than thine
A winding pathway through the woods,
And sprink with buds OF gracious shine
The bank Of dark and sullen floods
And shake thy wings upon the air,
hat seeds of beauty, suun'd by mirth,.
Shall spring around the steps of care,
And hide with blooms the scars of earth,
Catch up the songs of happy BIRDS ;
And for the sullen home of thought <
Shape the glad airs to fitting words.
That glide into the brea st untaucht.
Music and inirth. and blooms of flowers.
And haunting tones Of love are thine.
And Still, through all the changing hours.
Some soothing spell for hearts that pine.
Steal to the porch, where sorrow broods
And sees no blooms and hears no song.
And people all his silent woods,
And win him. forth to Join the throng.
And bring the tripping elves to glide,
With each a grace, or trick Of art
10 pluck his sleeve. and by his side,
Make fond appeal to toucA his heart.
And summon Ariel, Oberon.
Ttania, Puck, u.d in Il trice,
Each with his magic girdle on.
Unfold some dainty dear device.
Thine Is the charm, which, wed to Thought
From out her shoulder calls the wings.
And with q whisper. from thee caught.
The Care 1orgets herself and sings.
sing thou for me and mine. through hours,
When native song denies TO come.
When none in all our gardens bloom.
Thou only hast the charm, of all
Who Iced tie soul with fruitage rare.
10 burst of time the dreary thral.
And sing forgetlulness to care;
To couch the sealed and vacant sight.
TIL skies unfold with stars. while soon.
10 soothe the raven breast of night.
Comes forth, with sickle bent. the moon.
Her golden shield above the hills
She hangs, and points her glittering
spear,
While sudden. all the ocean thrills.
And heaves his pillows up to hear.
And rush the winds along the waves,
And glow the woods in glad array,
While, trooping forth from ancient graves.
The myriad memories grow to sway.
Yet. but FOR thee, what ear would list
What eye behold the matchless bright
The music Of that nelodist,
That shapes the forms and songs of
night.
Tnou tind'st the soul for common things,
That darken on the common eve:
For thee. the bird Of midnight sings.
And wings take color from thy sky.
Thou, at the choir, the leader art.
And with single flash. thy strain
Makes Joyous way to head and heart,
That klndle, ne'er to browse again
Each feather shredded from thy plume,
And floating down on evening airs,
Is as sun-glance through the gloom,
TO tighten up path Of tears
Each note of whisper, soft as dow.
At dawn or dusk. is as breath.
Melodous, like a carol new,
Oi wakening. from the damns OF death