Songs From the Novelists : From Elizabeth to Victoria
Songs From the Novelists : From Elizabeth to Victoria
William Davenport Adams
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Abyssinian tree, Thus bow thy head to me ! Thomas Moore, [From The Epicurean, chap. xiv. :— "We saw [her] kneeling before an acacia upon the bank and singing, while her companions stood around, the wild song of invocation, which in, her country they address to that enchanted tree."] Songs from the Novelists. 53 KARADAN'S SONG. NE face alone, one face alone, These eyes require; But, when that longed-for sight is shown, What fatal fire Shoots through my veins a keen and liquid flame, That melts e...ach fibre of my wasting frame? One voice alone, one voice alone, I pine to hear; But, when its meek mellifluous tone Usurps mine ear, Those slavish chains about my soul are wound, Which ne'er till death itself can be unbound. One gentle hand, one gentle hand, I fain would hold; But, when it seems at my command, My own grows cold; Then low to earth I bend in sickly swoon, Like lilies drooping 'mid the blaze of noon. Sara Coleridge. [From Pkaniasmion, part i. chap. viii. :— " 'The voice of Karadan !' thought [Phantasmion] ; 'a passionate wail !
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