Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-02-07
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Mary MagdaIene.
unaatisied. forlorn,

Compansonless, unsatsfed. forlorn,
sit here in this lonely tower, and look
Upon the lake below me, and the hills
That swoon with heat, and see as in a vision
Al my past life unroH itself before me.
The princes and the merchants come to me,
Merchants Of Tyre and Princes Of Damascu-
And pass, and disappear, and are no more;
But leave behind their merchandise and jewel.
Their perfumes, and their gold, and their disgust
loathe them, and the very memory Of them
l. unto me, as thought Of food 10 one
ClOyed with the luscious figs Of Dalmanuthat
What If hereafter, in the long hereafter
~ endless joy or pain, or JOY in pain,
II were my punishment to be with them
crown hideous and decrepit IN their smsi
Aud hear them say: Thou hast brought as here.
ne unto US as thou hast been Of old
look upon these garments that wear,
These silks, and these enbroilerics, and t1ey seer
Only rs ccrement7 wrapped about my limb-t
I look upon these rings thick set with pearls
And emerald and amethyst and Jasper,
And they are burning Goals upon my flesh
This serpent on my wrist becomes alive
Away, thou viper and away, ye garland
Whose odors bring the swift remembrance back
pf these unhallowed revels in these chambers
iiut yesterday,-aud yet It seems to mo
something remote, like a pathe tic song
sung long ago by mm.trelz in the street.
Eut yesterday, as from this tower galcd.
over the olive and the walnut trees
Upon tie lake and white ships, and wondered
Whittier and whence they -tcered and who w:,-
them,
4 fishers boat drew near the landins-uIace
nder the oleauders, and the people
Came up from It, and passed beneath the tower.
close under me In from, OF them, as leader
Walked one OF noble aspect, clothed in white.
Who lifted up his eyes, and looked at me.
And all at once the air seemed filed and living
With a mysterious power. that -treancd from hun
And overfiowed me with an atmosphere
of light and love. As one entraucei stood.
And when woke again, Tot ne was gone
20 that said Perhaps a h a dream.
But from that very hour the even demons
That had their habitaton III this body
Which men call beautiful departed from mel
This morning, when the first CLEAN Of the dawn
Made Lebanon glory in the air,
Nnd all below was darkness, behold
An angel, or a spirit gioriGed
With wind tossed garments walking on the lakc
The face / could not see, but distinguished
The attitude and gesture, and knew
Twas he that healed me. And the gust. wind
brought to mine ears % voice, which -cemeUte 81.
he Of good chccri 'Ti- n BE not afraid
Nnd from the darkness, scarcely heard. the ar-yo
# it be thou, bid me come unto thee
pom the water And the voice -.tII- Comet
And then heard a CRY 1T fear arf .-.r, 5....-
As OF drowning man. And then -hc voice
Why dldst thor doubt, thou Of little faith
At this all vanished, and the storm was bu-la,I
And the great sun came up above the hills.
And the swifthvine vaporS mia themselves
In caverns among the rocks a must tiud hiul
And follow him and be with him forever
Thou box OF dlabaster, iu whose walls
The souls OF flowers lie peut. the precious I..lI,
And spikcnard Of Arabian farms. tine -p7rit-
Or aromatic herbs ethereal natures
SUrsed bv the sun ami dew NOT .II f,I,,,,.-t..-.
To battle his cousecrated feet whose SION,
Makes every threshold holy that he crosse.
Let Us 90 forth upon our pilgrimage
Ihou and oulyi Let us search for huu
CntiI VIC find him, ana pour out our sorf-
Before his feet, til an that's LEFT Of u-
shall he the broken casEctS that once I-.r.I -...
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