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HUSH'D AS THE SLEEP OF INFANT LOVE.
I.
Hush'd, as the sleep of Infant Love,
The weary world was lying;
In dreamy whispers waved the wood,
Its shadows slumbering on the flood,
That slumber'd softly sighing.
The clouds that streak'd th' ethereal blue
In slender ranks together drew,
As if they loved to linger there,
And muse o'er scenes so calm and fair.
The starlight glitter'd in the stream,
And look'd with trembling eye
Up to the steady starlight's gleam,
That glow'd mid deepest sky;—
Like one who loves, but doubts and fears;
Whose timid gaze, mid glistening tears,
Watches the loved-one's glance of light
So softly and serenely bright.
Hush'd, as the sleep of Infant Love,
The weary world was lying;
In dreamy whispers waved the wood,
Its shadows slumbering on the flood,
That slumber'd softly sighing.
The clouds that streak'd th' ethereal blue
In slender ranks together drew,
As if they loved to linger there,
And muse o'er scenes so calm and fair.
The starlight glitter'd in the stream,
And look'd with trembling eye
Up to the steady starlight's gleam,
That glow'd mid deepest sky;—
Like one who loves, but doubts and fears;
Whose timid gaze, mid glistening tears,
Watches the loved-one's glance of light
So softly and serenely bright.
II.
All outward things below, above,
The spirit of repose and love
Had steeped, as dews the flower;
And o'er the world of inner'sense
Was shed the gentle influence
Of that sweet midnight hour.
All outward things below, above,
The spirit of repose and love
Had steeped, as dews the flower;
And o'er the world of inner'sense
Was shed the gentle influence
Of that sweet midnight hour.