IV. THE SINGER. "That was the thrush's last good-night," I thought, And heard the soft descent of summer rain In the drooped garden leaves; but hush! again More soft than snow, more sweet than honey-dew? Stir not the blissful quiet of the night. V. A SUMMER MOON. Queen-moon of this enchanted summer night, Conquered and calmed by thy rejoicing might ; Swim down through my heart's deep, thou dewy bright Wanderer of heaven, till thought must faint and die, Resolved into the dream of thy delight. The sidelong face of blind Endymion. VI. A PEACH. If any sense in mortal dust remains When mine has been refined from flower to flower I bask, and feel my juices dimly fed And mellowing, while my bloom comes golden grey: Keep the wasps from me! but before I fall Pluck me, white fingers, and o'er two ripe-red Girl lips, O let me richly swoon away! VII. EARLY AUTUMN.' If while I sit flatter'd by this warm sun Who would not softly lean to lips which woo In the Earth's grave speech? Nor could it aught undo Of Nature's calm observances begun Still to be here the idle autumn day. Pale leaves would circle down, and lie unstirr'd Where'er they fell; the tired wind hither call VIII. LATER AUTUMN. This is the year's despair: some wind last night And the leaves heard it, and the low clouds heard; So a wan morning dawned of sterile light; Flowers drooped, or showed a startled face and white; The cattle cowered, and one disconsolate bird Chirped a weak note; last came this mist and blurred The hills, and fed upon the fields like blight. |