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EROS.
Fast through the vaulted sky,
Giving no sound or light, when storms were loud,
I saw the electric cloud in silence fly,—
Seeking its sister cloud.
Giving no sound or light, when storms were loud,
I saw the electric cloud in silence fly,—
Seeking its sister cloud.
I saw the winds, and sea,
And all the hosts of heaven in bright array,
Governed by this sweet law of sympathy,
Roll on their destined way.
And all the hosts of heaven in bright array,
Governed by this sweet law of sympathy,
Roll on their destined way.
And then my spirit pined,
And, like the sea-shell for its parent sea,
Moaned for those kindred souls it could not find,
And panted to be free.
And, like the sea-shell for its parent sea,
Moaned for those kindred souls it could not find,
And panted to be free.
And then came wild despair,
And laid her palsying hand upon my soul,
And her dread ministers were with her there,
The dagger and the bowl.
And laid her palsying hand upon my soul,
And her dread ministers were with her there,
The dagger and the bowl.
Oh God of life and light,
Thou who didst stay my hand in that dread hour
Thou who didst save me in that fearful night,
Of maddening passion’s power!
Thou who didst stay my hand in that dread hour
Thou who didst save me in that fearful night,
Of maddening passion’s power!
