The anti-monopolist., 1875-12-16
POETRY.
IN A GoNDoLA.

WHICH tuIOHR o. ~
To my brain, as steal down th's nlafoie sea- u
And my gondola comes, 81
And hear the slow rythmetcal sweep OF the b
n.o,v;n,1 near and more near, and the noise .
of the prov,
And the sharp sudden splash OF her stoppase' "
and now o.,, ,oar;ro e
l step in; we are cit Ger the streets hea''ns D
As my gondola glides $
Awav ma ST these palaces silent and dark,
Looming ghostly and grim DER tieh o"9e'' y
where clings -, ,.L4 E
Rank seaweed that CLEANS fecked with iSh'
To the 10 nash a. Of the waves, where they reach
the tide-mark ..u &c t
On the phorphyry blocks with song iuii VI
dole,
A forlorn harcarole,
AS my gondoia glides.
T.a The wind seems to sigh through the lat
tice rust-gnawn
A low dirge for the past; the sweet past "heh
it PLAYED ,.
In the pearl braided hair OF some beauty
Bnt one shrinking half-minute, her mantle |
close drawn
Der the swell of her bosom and cheeks PAS
siOn-palo, ,sr,
Ere her lover came by and they Kissed hey
Those fire. hearted men With the regal pulse
They are Rsd,tr dustr' sighs the wind with its whis-
Der of wall:
ssThose women snow pure, hower-s"ee'' pas
SION pale p r.u
And the waves make reply with their song full
dole,
Their fororn barcsrole,
AS my gondola glides
Dnst~those lovers But love ever lives ever
st;,, the same; SO we shoot into hustle and
light,
And lamps from the ftstal casinos stream
On the ripples-and here's the Rialto in view,
Aud black gondolas, spirlt-like, cross or sild5
4 And the gondoliers cry to each other;
III song = A.;
Far away, from sweet voices in tune d'es
4 H., 1yate,s moon-silvered So on the vast
A Shadowy span of an arch where the oar echoes
Through chill gloom from the marble, then
moonlight once more, A.
And laughter and strum OF gulc'ss ifoni 'ie
Aud sonorous bass music of bells booming
From St steR Marks. Still those waves with thei'
song ull of dole,
Their fOrorn barcarole,
AS my gondola glides.
8,I w.
| Here the night is yoluptuous with odoro"
jill sighs I'm, ,;,x, ;oss.
Il From yerandahs oer-s starred win 1ith Jess''
4 Their still scent deep-stirred by the tremu
5H lous showers ,.o,,s.r am
Of anightingaies notes as us sung '"@ ''' "
While my gondola glides
Y.
II Dust-those lovers who tioated and dfeame
long ago, -, .h.S
Gazed and languished and loved on thes
y,o,t ~a,e ",,d dream and gaze up in the still sun
mer sky 90 Oh,
Whence the great stars loon uo"n' ."
did long ago; - ;.h :,
Where the moon seems 10 ore"'iA '" "
dreaming, dlsc-h md ~,
J., a oossamer veil of white clrrhus, th'
breaks ,.,s-,,;,
The dre,m-spell with pensive hait-shi'
as she wakes
To new splendid But lol while museo
= Nov, tho onen-the shutdown lonely lar
Into the hush and dirk shadow fresh SINE
OF the sea 80. -,
Come cool from beyond; tant iai
Hints fair shafts aud quaint arches, in cru
bling decay; =, .;. :,
And the waves still break in with 'he'r .
,ull of dole,
- Their forlorn barcaroe,
As my gondola ghdes
VI.
Then the silent lagune stretched away tnfo'
the night,
And the stars, and the fairy like city oeh, !,
Domes and spires rising spectFai anu
till the mind -,
Becomes trauced III Il 'aS"e' '
delight; an, ,,
And | float in dream, lose the pseSen'
To have lived it before Then sense
,,s, Nm ~ bbreathe-. TO exist-in night sue
Inst to asi Tel what feel. browns ali else
the geam a., ~,
And the the music, and clangor of bells e<
ing slow, - 9. ,.,.,
And this consummate vision, St. Marx
For n back ground, crowns all. iheh
The S P;szze,ta my fe-dream aecompl
at last
Gas my gondoa goesl
lam here-here alone with the ghos'
Rut the waves still break in with their
full of dole,
Their forlorn barcarole,
As my gondola goes;
And the pulse Of the oar swept through
spray
Dies away in the gloom, dies away
Dies away--diss away--i
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