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Poems MacCarthy, Florence Denis

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198<br />

Dropp'd from the angel's hands above.<br />

Then come and make his heart thy home,<br />

For thee it opes, for thee it glows;--<br />

Type of ideal beauty, come!<br />

Wonder of Nature! queenly Rose!<br />

THE BATH OF THE STREAMS.<br />

Down unto the ocean,<br />

Trembling with emotion,<br />

Panting at the notion,<br />

See the rivers run--<br />

In the golden weather,<br />

Tripping o'er the heather,<br />

Laughing all together--<br />

Madcaps every one.<br />

Like a troop of girls<br />

In their loosen'd curls,<br />

See, the concourse whirls<br />

Onward wild with glee;<br />

List their tuneful tattle,<br />

Hear their pretty prattle,<br />

How they'll love to battle<br />

With the assailing sea.<br />

See, the winds pursue them,<br />

See, the willows woo them<br />

See, the lakelets view them<br />

Wistfully afar,<br />

With a wistful wonder<br />

Down the green slopes under,<br />

Wishing, too, to thunder<br />

O'er their prison bar.<br />

Wishing, too, to wander<br />

By the sea-waves yonder,<br />

There awhile to squander

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