And strike a chord that beat not unison With all this joy ; for from our dreams and smiles We shrunk, and, with a shadow in our eyes, We struck upon the cypress'd edge of death. Then solemn grew our converse, and she spoke In low sweet whispers, which... The Two Angels: And Other Poems - Seite 25von Alexander Anderson - 1875 - 232 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...and hung upon their ti.HeF He1p1ess, and with no wish to ehantín the task. But eateh the eloquenee of what she spoke, For truth lives nowhere but in simple words. I hear her voiee again this very hour Clear and distinet, as if the death it wore Made it the elearer, even as... | |
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...she spoke In low, sweet whispers, which to me were spells Of deeper quiet, as she strove to make D 2 A land wherein a great world moves like ours Distinct...not a word, Because the faithful waters lie between. '. So the pure essence of an unseen sweetness, Breathing out odours from the land of death, Speaks... | |
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