A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

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Jo06 PODS OF UlAGUU.TIOK Al'!D J'AlfQr.


"And now thia spell was 1oapt : once more
I view'd the ocean green,
And look'd fAr forth, yet liLtle saw
or what hAd else been aeen-

" Like one, that on .alooeaome road
Doth walk m fear and dread,
And having once tw'U'd rouud walka e~~,
And turn11 no more hie head ;
BecaW!e be knows, a frightf'ul1iend
Doth close behind him tread.


  • Bnt soon i.bere breathed a wind on mel
    Nor sound nor mobion made:
    Ita path was not npou the sea,
    In ripple or in shade.


" Jt raised my hair, it fann'd my cheek
Like a meadow-gale of spring-
It mi.neled strangely with my fean,
Yet 1t felt like a weleomini·

II Swift.ly, swiftly tlew tbe snip,
Yet abe sa.il'd ao~ly too:
Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze-
On me alone it blew.

" Oh! dream of joy! is tbi.a indsed
The ligbt-hoW!e top I see f
Ie thia the hillf is this tho kirk 1
le this mine own eountree t

"We drifted tJ'e.r the harbow'-bar~
And I with sob. <lid pray-
0 let me be awake, my God I
Or let me sleep alway.

"The herbouM»y wu clear u gJ.au.
So smoothly it was atrewn I
And on the bay the moonlight lay,
And the shAdow of the M.oou.

"The rock ahooe bright, the kirk 110 l.a,
That stands a bon the rock :
The moonlight 11!.eep'd in ailentn...,
The ateaay weathel"CCCk.
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