Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-09-01

Here CHAIRMAN. take ny bracelets,
They bar With purple stain
ME arms turn over ny IillowE-
lhcT are ho. where have lain
open the lattice window
gluze on my bosom thrOx
Ard et mo inhaie the odors
Iha; over thu garden blow.
dreamed was with ny antony,
Ard in his arms I lay.
All me the vision has vanished
its music has died away.
The lame and the perfume have perished-
AZ this spiced aromatic pastille,
41at wound the blue smoke OF Is odOr,
Is now but an ashy hill.
Setter upon me rose leaves,
IneY cool me after my sleep,
Ana " tn sanGal odOrs fan me
- ilil INTO my veins they creep.
heach down tho lutte and play me
a melancholy tune.
To rhyme " III the dream that has vanished,
Ana the slumbering afternoon.
There, browsing IN golden sunlight,
Lolters the seow, smooth Nile
Through slender papyri. that cover
The sleeping crocodile
The Lotus lolls on the water
And opens its heart Of gold
AMI over its broad lea pavement
Never ripple is rolled.
Tho twilight breeze is too lazy
Those feathery palms 10 wave
And yon little cloud is as moticnless,
As a stone above a grave.
All me, this lifelos5 nature
Oppresses my heart and brain.
All! for @ storm and thunder,
For lightning with wilt, fierce rain
Ping down that lCte, hate 10
Take rather his buckler and sword,
And clash them and crash them together
Till this sleeping world is stirred.
Hark 20 my Indian beauty
Ny eocklt0O. creamy white
With roses under feathers
That flashes across the light.
Lcok hste1 IS backward and furwlrf
To his hoop of gold he clings
How ha trsm les, with crest uplftedi
And slrieks as he madly swings,
Oh cocsatr0, shriek for Antony,
Cry " Come, my love, come home q"
Shr ek Antony, Antony, Antony
Iili To c1-s lu even IN Rome.
There leave me. and take from my chamber
That wretchcd utJle gazelle
With its bri-h, black eyes So meaningless,
ana itssily tinklin-beilt
Take him-mF nerves he vexe7-
he thing without blood o- IRAN,
Or hy The body Of Isis
I4l snap bis thin Lcsk 10 twain
Leave mo 70 gaze al the landscape
Misriiy strctcr in- away,
When the afternoon opal mes .relmers
O'er ths mountains qurerin- ulay.
Till the iercer spleul0r O. sunset
P0urs from the west its frc
AMI melted as In a crucihle
Their earthly forms expire
And the bald hlear skull. 90 the desert
With glowing mountains is crowned.
Thtt burning like molten jewels,
Circle its temples round.
will lie and dream oi the pas.tinc
lions o.: thought away,
And through the jungle of memory
Loosen my fancy % play,
When a smooth and veivety tiger,
Ribbed with yellow and black,
Supple an1 cushioeediJ0te ted
wandered. where never the track
OF human creature bad rustled
The silence Of mighty Woods,
And, herco in tyranncus freedom.
/ knew but the law u. ms moods.
The elephant, trUmpcuug Started.
When hc heard my footsteps near,
AM the spotted zi-aaes feed wildly
10 yellow cloud of iear-
/ sucked 10 the nO0-tide splcudors
Quiverin- along the glade.
Or yawnius, rartiu- ami dreaming,
tasked boz t1e tamarisS shade,
TIL heard ms wilt MAZE roaring.
AS the shadows 0i night came ON
t. brood the IN trees thick branches
And the shadows Of sleep wee gone.
Thea I reused. a0d roa-a1 in answer.
AMI uusheaJhed from my cu.hioue1 feet
Hy curv'uS claw, and stret hst NE,
AMI wandered ms mate O. greet,
Wa t0ve1 in the amber tNilish-
Upon the dat warm SAM.
And struck 20 egcl other our massive arm
How powerful he was and grand
lis yellow ewes flashed a--celF
As he crou D cd and -aE1 atme.
And bis quiverin-- -an, Ike a serpent,
Twitcled curviu. nervuusy.
Then like "a storm he seized me,
Filth q wild triumphant cry,
And We met ike tao clouds in Heaven,
When the tnunders before them is.
Fse a~rarri cd aur sFru.-g-. ed rHrefhr-
For d s love ike his rage wa rude
And his teeth IN tie swelling folds oi my neck
At times in our play, drew blood.
Often a1other suit0r-
For was EeE.le AID fair
Fought iur me in the moonlight,
Nuiic ! .ay cruuchluE There
zil bis blood va. drs nod BY the desort
And rulet s. Oh triumph amt power
lie licked Me an Jay beside re,
To breathe him g. vast half hour.
Then d0wu 90 the mountain we loiterCt
where the a-tai1pes came 20 drink
I So g l0lt we spranE upu1 tasE,
IRE they hai time to shrink;
We drank their bIncd alc crushed .hem
AMI tore them Limb om limb.
And tire hun s.iss- lion d noted
Ere. be disputed w--h Lin.
That was a life 20 l-veflrt
Not this weak human his.
With It's frivolous. h.o0dle.s passions
Its poor aud petty STRIFE
Come 20 ms arms. my hcro'
The shadows 0i twilight -rOE.
ard the riEer's ancient Iegceue-s
Iu my veins beg u7 tDl.w.
Cone Cot crIn-iu < 90 sue me.
Tase me with trluT ph AID power,
A. a warrior that star--. a fortress
] wiL uur shrink OF cHwsr-
Come as YOU cane Ia the desert,
Fre We perC women and men,
When the tiger passions were 10 US
and love as You loved me thea