XIV. LOVE WITHOUT A PARALLEL. My love for thee had not a parallel— The dusky Queen of Egypt had ignored XV. ADIEU. ADIEU-adieu! In silent tears we parted Oh! for the love that was for death too strong Oh for the sweet-charmed hours that sped too soon, When thou didst steal from Beauty's laughing throng, To meet me by the soft consenting moon, Inclasp my hand in tremulous delight, And bend on me thine eyes angelically bright. XVI. ONENESS. NEVER in earth or Heaven canst thou be loved As I have loved thee-never-never more By love so holy can thy soul be moved, On thee alone my faithful spirit dwelt- XVII. REMEMBRANCE. THY voice flows o'er my listening heart like sound I see again thine eyes' effulgent beams; I walk with thee along the laughing streams, Through whispering grove-o'er flower-bespangled ground, And feel thy glowing touch my heart-strings thrill, Listing thee speak from out thy spirit's shrine, XVIII. THE RETURN. I SEE again thy tall, majestic form, E'en with the vividness of my first sight; I see thine eyes, like stars amid the night Of my deep woe-I feel thy heart beat warm Against my heart-I feel thy tremulous arm Inclasp my waist--and lip to lip impressed, I feel the sweet flame kindling in my breast, And stealing o'er my soul the fatal charm.O memory thou art, alas! too true! Too faithful to this desolate heart of mine, Whose innermost recess is sorrow's shrine ! I would forget the past-and seek anew Some other votary-some alluring scene,But ever thy dear form, Adhémar, floats between. |