Poems (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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In respect to its theory Of the war this poem may be regarded as a pendant to Meroz, An Ode.

Never dreamed, sweet summer-belted Land, Though winter-capped, whose uplands parched brown Or grassy hills with many a torrent spruit From thy mysterious Berg come rolling down To the rich coast and that voluptuous town Whose flowery shores upon the Indian sea Dream all day long, and every luscious fruit Bear to the constant sun whose odours fanned By thy warm gales the grateful soul expand With thoughts Of heaven - where with my lovely bride To other ends I came in fond pursuit Of orange-wreathed peace beneath a sky For ever blue where stood our pleasant home On those green heights that overlook the foam, And languish for the purple sea where I Dreamed many things - fair Land, I did not dream That thy young life would first regenerate be In this too rude but not unwelcome stream Of cleansing war - the dread medicament Of spirits cloyed with dull prosperity, And sweet luxurious peace. - The crimson tide Of battle pours from every mountain side.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.