This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...by a law divine In one another's being mingle--Why not I with thine f See the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another; No sister flower would be forgiven If it disdain'd its brother: And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea;--What are all these kissings worth, If thou kiss ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...by a law divine In one another's being mingle--Why not I with thine f See the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another; No sister flower would be forgiven If it disdain'd its brother: And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea;--What are all these kissings worth, If thou kiss not me THE CLOUD. I Jirixg fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas anil the streams; I bear light shades for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken tile dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rock'd to rest on their mother's breast. As she dances about the sun. I wield the H.iil of tlie lashing hail. And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, Anil laugh aa I pass in thunder. I sift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast; And all the night 'tis mv pillow white. While I sleep in the arms of the blast Sublime on the towers of my skicy bowers, Lightning my pilot sils, In a cavern under is fetter'd the thunder, It struggles and howls at fits; Over earth and orcari with gentle motion, This pilot is guiding me, Lured liy the love of the genii that move In the depths of the purple sea; Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills. Over the lakes and the plains. Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream, The spirit he loves remains; And I all the while bask in heaven's blue smile, Whilst he is dissolving in rains. The sanguine sunrise, with his meteor eyes, And bis burning plumes outspread, Leaps on the back of my sailing rank, When the morning-star shines dead. As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake roeks und swings, An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings. beneath, And when sunset may breathe, fro...
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Fair. Fair hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1854 EDITION. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show heavy edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Bumped corners. Library support tape on back strip. Hinges cracked but binding intact. All pages present and very readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
