The Poetical Works of Miss Susanna Blamire (1842) - Gredos ...

The Salamanca Corpus: The Poetical Works of Miss Susanna Blamire (1842)
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And thrilling yet along the line
“Would aid this falling note of mine,
Then melting with the plaintive air
Seem’d a weak sort of echo there;
Or when the sprightly notes would swell
Of some sweet halcyon days to tell,
And Memory spring at every note,
Till all her visions round me float,
And friends appear—the distant far—
Led by Affection’s polar star,
And round me throng with tender zeal,
And make me think ‘tis bliss to feel,
Which, though the pleasure leads to pain,
Persuades it is not given in vain.
Nay, tarry, Hope! for if thou goest,
Then in a world of woes I’m toss’d;
‘Tis true thou leav’st a Sister s eye
Dropping like balm beneath the sky;
That sees from far my wishes stray,
And kindly meets them on the way,
Leaving no void within the breast,
But lulling every care to rest.
Yet, goddess, should thy feathery feet
Stray where again we ne’er shall meet;
Shouldst thou just brush the pearly dew
From velvet lawns I never knew;
And shouldst thou leave me far behind,
As weak in frame as weak in mind,
How could this pilgrimage be borne,—
How could I wear life’s rankling thorn!
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In life’s best days, O! smiling stand,
And blandly take the traveller’s hand,
Conduct him through the fairy scene,—
“Thy meadows pied and alleys green,”
“Thy vistas long that open day”
And half conceal the length of way,
As fancied visions softly rise
And cheat his eager willing eyes,
Illusions glide in shadowy form,