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miscellaneous poems.
The Heaven's bright smile I veil,
Each planet's sparkling gaze,—
With jealous care—'mid the sky I sail,
(By the wild winds borne, with moan and wail,)
I shadow the moon, now faint and pale,
And my offspring—the lightning—plays.
Each planet's sparkling gaze,—
With jealous care—'mid the sky I sail,
(By the wild winds borne, with moan and wail,)
I shadow the moon, now faint and pale,
And my offspring—the lightning—plays.
I strike with a fiery dart,
Ere they hear my dreaded tone,
The loved and the loving; I could not part
The bands that were woven from heart to heart;
But I knew they were free from the worlding's art,
And 'twere worse to live alone.
Ere they hear my dreaded tone,
The loved and the loving; I could not part
The bands that were woven from heart to heart;
But I knew they were free from the worlding's art,
And 'twere worse to live alone.
Alas! alas! that I bear
Such sorrow o'er the earth!
When I strive to lighten the thicken'd air,
And freshen the buds, with anxious care
My path is followed, and fell despair,
Where I looked for joy and mirth.
Such sorrow o'er the earth!
When I strive to lighten the thicken'd air,
And freshen the buds, with anxious care
My path is followed, and fell despair,
Where I looked for joy and mirth.
But, tho' high my destiny,
The chilling north-west blast
The chilling north-west blast
