legends and lyrics - second series(勧謎才甫秤梧劵2)-及19嫗
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own the heart you take。
I love all good and noble souls��I heard One speak of you but lately�察�
and for days Only to think of it�察�my soul was stirred In tender memory of
such generous praise。
I love all those who love you�察�all who owe Comfort to you�此 �and I can
find regret Even for those poorer hearts who once could know�察�And once
could love you�察�and can now forget。
Well�察�is my heart so narrowI�察�who spare Love for all these�拭 �Do I
not even hold My favourite books in special tender care�察�And prize them
as a miser does his gold�拭�
The Poets that you used to read to me While summer twilights faded in
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the sky�察�But most of all I think Aurora Leigh�察�Becausebecausedo you
remember why�拭�
Will you be jealous�拭 �Did you guess before I loved so many things�拭�
Still you the best�此� Dearest�察�remember that I love you more�察�Oh�察�more a
thousand times than all the rest� �
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VERSE�此 �THE STORY OF THE
FAITHFUL SOUL
FOUNDED ON AN OLD FRENCH LEGEND
The fettered Spirits linger In purgatorial pain�察�With penal fires effacing
Their last faint earthly stain�察�Which Life's imperfect sorrow Had tried to
cleanse in vain。
Yet on each feast of Mary Their sorrow finds release�察 �For the Great
Archangel Michael Comes down and bids it cease�察�And the name of these
brief respites Is called ;Our Lady's Peace。;
Yet onceso runs the Legend ´ When the Archangel came And all
these holy spirits Rejoiced at Mary's name�察�One voice alone was wailing�察�
Still wailing on the same。
And though a great Te Deum The happy echoes woke�察 �This one
discordant wailing Through the sweet voices broke�察�So when St。 Michael
questioned�察�Thus the poor spirit spoke�此�
;I am not cold or thankless�察 �Although I still complain�察 �I prize our
Lady's blessing Although it comes in vain To still my bitter anguish�察�Or
quench my ceaseless pain。
;On earth a heart that loved me�察�Still lives and mourns me there�察�And
the shadow of his anguish Is more than I can bear�察�All the torment that I
suffer Is the thought of his despair。
;The evening of my bridal Death took my Life away�察�Not all Love's
passionate pleading Could gain an hour's delay。 And he I left has suffered
A whole year since that day。
;If I could only see him�察 � If I could only go And speak one word of
comfort And solace��then�察 �I know He would endure with patience�察�And
strive against his woe。;
Thus the Archangel answered�此� ;Your time of pain is brief�察�And soon
the peace of Heaven Will give you full relief�察�Yet if his earthly comfort So
much outweighs your grief�察�
;Then�察�through a special mercy I offer you this grace�察 � You may seek
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him who mourns you And look upon his face�察 �And speak to him of
comfort For one short minute's space。
;But when that time is ended�察 �Return here�察 �and remain A thousand
years in torment�察�A thousand years in pain�此�Thus dearly must you purchase
The comfort he will gain。;
* * *
The Lime´trees' shade at evening Is spreading broad and wide�察�
Beneath their fragrant arches�察�Pace slowly�察�side by side�察�In low and tender
converse�察�A Bridegroom and his Bride。
The night is calm and stilly�察 �No other sound is there Except their
happy voices�此�What is that cold bleak air That passes through the Lime´
trees And stirs the Bridegroom's hair�拭�
While one low cry of anguish�察�Like the last dying wail Of some dumb�察�
hunted creature�察 �Is borne upon the gale�此� Why does the Bridegroom
shudder And turn so deathly pale�拭�
* * *
Near Purgatory's entrance The radiant Angels wait�察�It was the great St。
Michael Who closed that gloomy gate�察 �When the poor wandering spirit
Came back to meet her fate。
* * *
;Pass on�察─�thus spoke the Angel�此�Heaven's joy is deep and vast�察�Pass
on�察�pass on�察�poor Spirit�察�For Heaven is yours at last�察�In that one minute's
anguish Your thousand years have passed。;
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VERSE�此 �A CONTRAST
Can you open that ebony Casket�拭 �Look�察 �this is the key�此�but stay�察�
Those are only a few old letters Which I keep��to burn some day。
Yes�察�that Locket is quaint and ancient�察�But leave it�察�dear�察�with the ring�察�
And give me the little Portrait Which hangs by a crimson string。
I have never opened that Casket Since�察�many long years ago�察�It was
sent me back in anger By one whom I used to know。
But I want you to see the Portrait�此�I wonder if you can trace A look of
that smiling creature Left now in my faded face。
It was like me once�察 �but remember The weary relentless years�察�And
Life�察�with its fierce�察�brief Tempests�察�And its long�察�long rain of tears。
Is it strange to call it my Portrait�拭�Nay�察�smile�察�dear�察�for well you may�察�
To think of that radiant Vision And of what I am to´day。
With restless�察�yet confident longing How those blue eyes seem to gaze
Into deep and exhaustless Treasures�察�All hid in the coming days。
With that trust which leans on the Future�察�And counts on her promised
store�察�Until she has taught us to tremble And hope��but to trust no more。
How that young�察�light heart would have pitied Me nowif her dreams
had shown A quiet and weary woman With all her illusions flown。
Yet Iwho shall soon be resting�察�And have passed the hardest part�察�
Can look back with a deeper pity On that young unconscious heart。
It is strange�察�but Life's currents drift us So surely and swiftly on�察�That
we scarcely notice the changes�察�And how many things are gone�此�
And forget�察�while to´day absorbs us�察�How old mysteries are unsealed�察�
How the old�察�old ties are loosened�察�And the old�察�old wounds are healed。
And we say that our Life is fleeting Like a story that Time has told�察�
But we fancy that wewe only Are just what we were of old。
So now and then it is wisdom To gaze�察 �as I do to´day�察 �At a half´
forgotten relic Of a Time that is passed away。
The very look of that Portrait�察 �The Perfume that seems to cling To
those fragile and faded letters�察�And the Locket�察�and the Ring�察�
If they only stirred in my spirit Forgotten pleasure and pain�察 � Why�察�
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memory is often bitter�察�And almost always in vain�察�
But the contrast of bygone hours Comes to rend a veil away�察 � And I
marvel to see the stranger Who is living in me to´day。
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VERSE�此 �THE BRIDE'S DREAM
The stars are gleaming�察�The maiden sleeps ´ What is she dreaming�拭�
For seeshe weeps。 By her side is an Angel With folded wings�察�While the
Maiden slumbers The Angel sings�此�He sings of a Bridal�察�Of Love�察�of Pain�察�
Of a heart to be given�察 � And all in vain�察。�See�察�her cheek is flushing�察�As if
with pain�撮� He telleth