The south-wind brings
Life, sunshine, and desire,
And on every mount and meadow
Breathes aromatic fire;
But over the dead he has no power,
The lost, the lost, he cannot restore;
And, looking over the hills, I mourn
The darling who shall not...
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By the rude bridge that arched the flood, The foe long since in silence slept; |
O tenderly the haughty day The cannon booms from town to town, |
I hung my verses in the wind, |
I heard the trailing garments of the Night I felt her presence, by its spell of might, |
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is real! Life is earnest! |
“speak! speak! thou fearful guest! Then... |
Under a spreading chestnut-tree His hair is crisp, and black, and long, |
The rising moon has hid the stars; And silver white the river gleams, |
Stars of the summer night! Moon of the summer night! |