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Him let it view not, or it flies
Like tender hues of morning-skies,
Or morn's sweet flower, of purple glow.
When sunny beams too ardent grow
_Fratello del mio cor._
It's food is looks, its nectar, sighs,
Its couch the lip, its throne the eyes
The soul its breath; and so possest,
Heaven's raptures reign in mortal breast.
_Fratello del mio cor._
ON THE DEATH OF A LADY.
Thy home seemed not of earth--so blest--
But there has fall'n a shaft of fate--
The dove is stricken; and the nest
She warmed and cheered is desolate.
But fairest not for thee, we mourn:
Blest from thy birth, thou still art so--
The tear must dew thine early urn
For him whom thou hast taught to know
The zest of joys--complete, as knows
Thy vital flame, the pang that tost
And changed thee past, where now it glows--
Knowing, yet feeling all is lost.
There is a flower of tender white
And, on its spotless bosom, play
The moon's soft beams, one lovely night;
But when appears the morning ray
'Tis shut and withered--even now
Around your lime I see it wave; [FN#27]
'Tis pure, and fresh, and fair, as thou--
And sinks in beauty to its grave.
[FN#27] The white convolvulus; it blossoms just after sun-set, and
is seen in great abundance entwining the lime-hedges, about the
plantations of Cuba.
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