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AN AUTUMN VISION.
IV.
sky and the sea,
Sprang from the darkness alive as a vision of life to be
Glory triune and transcendent of colour afar and afire,
Arching and darkening the darkness with light as of
dream or desire.
Heaven, in the depth of its height, shone wistful and
wan from above:
Earth from beneath, and the sea, shone stricken and
breathless with love.
As a shadow may shine, so shone they; as ghosts of the
viewless blest,
That sleep hath sight of alive in a rapture of sunbright
rest,
The green earth glowed and the grey sky gleamed for a
wondrous while;
And the storm's full frown was crossed by the light of its
own deep smile.
