Where in its old historic splendor stands
The home of England’s far-famed Parliament,
And waters of the Thames in calm content
At England’s fame flow slowly o’er their sands;
And where the Rhine past vine-entwinèd lands
Courses in castled beauty, there I...
George Sidney Hellman
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A Dresden shepherdess was one day
Milking a small Delft cow,
When a Sevres Marquis came along—
I saw him smile and bow:
“O lovely shepherdess, hear my song,”
I think I heard him say,
“For thou hast captured my porcelain heart,
And by my... -
Where in its old historic splendor stands
The home of England’s far-farmed Parliament,
And waters of the Thames in calm content
At England’s fame flow slowly o’er their sands;
And where the Rhine past vine-entwined lands
Courses in castled beauty, there I... -
Thine is the mystic melody,
The far-off murmur of some dreamland sea
Lifting throughout the night,
Up to the moon’s mild light,
Waves silver-lustrous, silvery-white,
That beat in rhythm on the shadowy shore,
And burst in music, and are seen no more...