She did not wish to blame him - Who but claims her as his due ? X. I said to the rose, "The brief night There has fallen a splendid tear goes In babble and revel and wine. O young lord-lover, what sighs are those, For one that will never be thine? But mine, but mine," so I sware to the rose, "For ever and ever, mine." VI. And the soul of the rose went into my blood, As the music clash'd in the hall; And long by the garden lake I stood, For I heard your rivulet fall From the lake to the meadow and on to the wood, Our wood, that is dearer than all; VII. From the meadow your walks have left so sweet That whenever a March-wind sighs He sets the jewel-print of your feet In violets blue as your eyes, To the woody hollows in which we meet And the valleys of Paradise. VIII. The slender acacia would not shake One long milk-bloom on the tree; The white lake-blossom fell into the lake As the pimpernel dozed on the lea; But the rose was awake all night for your sake, Knowing your promise to me; The lilies and roses were all awake, They sigh'd for the dawn and thee. IX. Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls, Come hither, the dances are done, From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near;" And the white rose weeps, "She is When her brother ran in his rage to the gate, He came with the babe-faced lord; He fiercely gave me the lie, Struck me before the languid fool, For front to front in an hour we stood, And a million horrible bellowing echoes broke From the red-ribb'd hollow behind the wood, And thunder'd up into Heaven the That must have life for a blow. Arise, my God, and strike, for we hold Thee just, Strike dead the whole weak race of venomous worms, That sting each other here in the dust; We are not worthy to live. II. I. See what a lovely shell, II. What is it? a learned man III. The tiny cell is forlorn, IV. Slight, to be crush'd with a tap V. Breton, not Briton; here Like a shipwreck'd man on a coast Of ancient fable and fear |