, 1874-05-30

ShaFt Hcif sout8 rapture DtLh az thtnGs fhue &fs
1 at assass ss;as IL e Sgs ssre I sv s ah;
Andyront A. the cha..oer, l.!nfno's'!y d an.
O}a,ohttoY Yantta,aa III ths oarsieh, wsore
4 nsarttc bryal glin.nsers through The air.
seented 90 harden hes a''d t|0sson-stre'gn,
.And stht "a steep beneath Ms rising lloon
Sa't itsa's the htghtnaalss thiek, ansoroas tr,u.
ascst tllon two waifa Of cloud III tic dim blue
Maanderfng moonTarl in tho yaprous light n
McthinAs they arc two spirits bright and truo.
blending their sllyorn breathB, Rud born anew, /
IL tlls atill rapture Of this heavenly nlghtl
seoi how like flowers tho stars thoir path bcstrow,
TILL the Moon turns, and smiles, aud looks then
breathing ni,on thon, when with bosoms whi.s
Lot in that rupture 'sxQuialteiy bright!
o love! my1oy metitnks that thou and
=. Kcaotnblc those thin whifs.in hcascn astray;
We moot, we blond, grow bright!
And Nc must dol
My, Bwcet, for love eau never pass away1
Are they not gone aud, dear, shalt wo not gof
Oh, Lovo IL Life, but after lifo conass dcath
] ... nYAotNruua.
No flower, no drtp Of rain, no fake Of SNOW,
No beauteons thing That blossoncth below,
May pcriyll, though 1t vanish, ev'n VI BREATH
The bright Moon drinis thoso wanderers Of tho 1os1
They melt In hcr warm beauty, and arc best
lrs see them not, yet, In that Hight d!vno
Mupsathsred, M they are hapny, and they ahino
4 part Of diyinor life than thnirs!
NlonrINaALEs a1na.
Through cur throats t4s raptures riat.
! III tho Bcented n!r thcy sWlnl
|: From, tho skies,
win thoir own love-lustro dim;
Gaae ipnumcrab!e eyesl -
Grows liz music music from each throat
Thick and lcct,
Noto Oh note,
Till in ecstasy VIC loatl
How vast looks 1Ioavon how solitary and deepl
Dost tlIou believe tint Spirits walk tic air.
Treauing tnose azure fields, and downward Poop
Will kad, great eyes when Earth ts fast asleep2
ons Hptrit, ut least, Immortal LOVE, wa1kB therol
SHOOTING STAR
Swift from my bliss, III the silence above.
/ SLIP to thy kiss. my star! q my lovdt
sr1n1rs IN TUE LEAVES.
Who nto theHc twkn in tho garden-boweraT
Tl,uy glide with rapture rich ours.
Touch thon, fool thern, and drink their slgha,
Brush their Lips md tholr chceks and eyesl
How their hssrts #. hoat! how they g'owl
Brightly lightly, they come md 60;
Upward gazing they look In bliss,
Save whom softly thoy pauHa, to Kiss.
Kiss them also and share the light g.,
1hat ILLS thetr broathtmg this golden night.
Touch them! clasp tlcinl round then, fwines
Thair lips arc burning with tows divine.
L: uYAoMrnus.
Love, trend this way with rosy feet;
And, resting On The shaluwy Eeat
Meath tho lab,trnu1n's golden ruin.
j. Watch how with mi,rmurolsH refraln
Tho fountain leaps, its basin 1ark
FlaahtnH in many starry smrk,
With such bliss, with such a light,
Our souls, upbubbIug from tho clay,
Leap, sparkle, blend ~ hvorn spray,
Gleam III the Moon, aiit falling it'll,
Biuk dusktty with thick thrill,
Together blent with Kiss md press,
III thu dark silence Of caross.
Yet there thny pause not, but, cast freq
Heaycnward they leap together cling.ng,
And Ike tho fountain Aaab, upspringiug!
THE FOUNTAIN 1EArMa.
Higher, still higher!
WITH trembling anl cleaning
H.il upward streaming,
In tho silyern ilro
OF dim desire;
Sill higher, hghor,
viii, bright palaattou
or aspraton;-
ngner, % stu l,ehorl .,
10 the lights aboye nae;
They giealn, they love me,
Thoy beckon mo higher,
And my waves aspire,
puE "a down faiIing,
stil! wildly 'saIlpg-
Higher!
N1oHT1EaALEs a1no..
Deeper let tic gtnry glow;
6weoter lot our voices crooN!
1t our happy music ndw,
sweet mud allow, hl1uhed mid low.
Now tile gray cloud wells the Moun.'
Bweot oh RwoesI
Watch hor Az cur wild hearts beat,
SEQ she quits tho ciasping cloud,
Forth sho aails on ailsorn feet
Smiling with her bright hsad bowed.
Pour tile living rapture loud
Thick aud feet,
Sweet, oh Bwcet,
Let the notes OF rapture crowd!
And this Ia Love l-Uuti this huur
CLOSE rrsst + tlle ind, with sleeping aenteu,'
I drunk tho dark dim influences
Ofsllnlight moonlight, slladc, and dew.
WithLoyes strange acent, which aeesueth par
Of tue warm lfo within niy heart
purt Of the air 4round. Oh bliBBl
Wus over ught 10 sweet as thls2
Ills enough to breathe, to be,
As II one were flower, q tree,
A.leaf o. tho bouHll, just stirring light
With the. warm brcsthing of thu niyhtl
SPIRITS IN THE LEAVES,
Whisper. what nre they doing now7
lIe ID kiHstng Ills laly's brow,
Holding her faco up to thu light
Lhn QHAAl1AuA bAu49h AAAiO!v-HA4t0s
The Moon ts smiling upon Ito!
Whittier It Ia thau driven snow.
1Ie kisses agaIn and speaketf gay;
Whisper, Whisper, what doth he zay7
uYAuINTuuB.
Forever and ever forever and over!
Az tho fouut that uplears, tho nreezes that blow,
Loye thou mo
Forever aud ever, forever aud over, .-- .
While tho uightiugales uing and The roae-garlandn
s-'"' Toys 1thsoi
Forever and oyor, with ali things to prove U.s.
In this world 10 tllat world that bendsth above nE,
Aslccping, awak!ng, in Garth, Us in hcasen,
BY this kss, thls other, by thousands lnEiven,
By Tho ,uuds which now touch eo, tho arms TINT
fold thee, .....
By tho Houl in my eyes that now awoona to behold
thGe, ..... .-...-
ny starlight by moonlight by scontel blossoms,
ly all thlngs partakiug tho Joy In onr bosoms
l}y the rapture within ill., the rapture arolnl lie,
W God who Hath mado u aud Love who bath crowned
us,
y ous sense and ona aoul bent, naor to seysr
Forever AMI aYort forever and eYorl
More ksaus to seal It. FOREVER and cyesl
THE 1goou EuHoEE.