This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... THE THREE AVILAS i This west wind striking from the booming boughs What tones the supreme harp-maker designs; This roar of the ocean through our little house Reverberant roof and wall; this roar of the pines And high-pitched ripple of pine-needles, to rouse Loud-slumbering Pan himself; this sun that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... THE THREE AVILAS i This west wind striking from the booming boughs What tones the supreme harp-maker designs; This roar of the ocean through our little house Reverberant roof and wall; this roar of the pines And high-pitched ripple of pine-needles, to rouse Loud-slumbering Pan himself; this sun that shines Inexpressibly clear, and wakes the wood To other than its yesterday's weak mood; -- 2 All the brave rustle and gleam of the world; the tameless Pulse of music, rapture of light, have shaken Me certainly from dreams and doubts and nameless Sloth: I am nearly winged! and feel awaken Visions and words long wandering lost and aimless, Fires of dull nights, and pleasures unpartaken, ] Or sleepily, of old: but now they flame As were the very wind and sun in them! 3 Now I have courage to make song of this Which makes my very life a song -- your love: That precious flower that edged the immense abyss: That star, deathless, beautiful, hung above The gulf of curded cloud: that blessedness Unutterable: -- what else for singing of Has my weak voice? What else this hand that tries -- Vainly perhaps -- to draw from the immortal skies 4 Light to make wise with brightness these dull pages, The unhopeful blanks we write on? Yet behold To me this happened, even for me did the ages Pour into an aching heart their purest gold -- Their choice of molten gold! -- the privileges Of what but Gods being given to me to hold In my poor hand and bosom -- yea, but see -- Your love into my life, your lips to me! 5 Softly, my song, my heart! 0 softly, lowly, Speak, and tread carefully underneath the stars, Or jealous Gods awaken: O they are holy And covetous, crafty and righteous: what debars All beauty from completeness? What grows slowly On every lovely child, and...
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Prospectus. 8vo. One folded sheet. [This is an advertisement for the book, not the book itself].
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