I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.
Barry Cornwall
Nature ever yields reward To him who seeks, and loves her best.
nature reward
Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.
light smile night summer
sea great dull
Death is the tyrant of the imagination
imagination death
Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors.
moors echo
Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than a band of instruments.
grief pity band
Half the ills we heard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them.
hearts
All round the room my silent servants wait, My friends in every season, bright and dim.
friends bright wait silent
The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.
discord earth noise tongue
O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!
dreams life beauty art human dream hopes
Within the midnight of her hair, Half-hidden in its deepest deeps.
hair
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
sleep power
Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!
dreams thetimes time
There's not a wind but whispers of thy name; And not a flow'r that grows beneath the moon, But in its hues and fragrance tells a tale Of thee, my love.
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