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Sometimes	A
The young forgot the lessons they had learnt	B
And lov'd when they should hate like thee Imelda	C
Italy a Poem	D
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Passa la bella Donna e par che dorma	D
Tasso	E
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We have the myrtle's breath around us here	F
Amidst the fallen pillars this hath been	G
Some Naiad's fane of old How brightly clear	H
Flinging a vein of silver o'er the scene	I
Up thro' the shadowy grass the fountain wells	J
And music with it gushing from beneath	K
The ivy'd altar that sweet murmur tells	J
The rich wild flowers no tale of wo or death	L
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Yet once the wave was darken'd and a stain	M
Lay deep and heavy drops but not of rain	M
On the dim violets by its marble bed	N
And the pale shining water lily's head	N
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Sad is that legend's truth A fair girl met	O
One whom she lov'd by this lone temple's spring	P
Just as the sun behind the pine grove set	O
And eve's low voice in whispers woke to bring	P
All wanderers home They stood that gentle pair	Q
With the blue heaven of Italy above	R
And citron odours dying on the air	Q
And light leaves trembling round and early love	R
Deep in each breast What reck'd their souls of strife	S
Between their fathers Unto them young life	S
Spread out the treasures of its vernal years	T
And if they wept they wept far other tears	U
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Than the cold world wrings forth They stood that hour	V
Speaking of hope while tree and fount and flower	V
And star just gleaming thro' the cypress boughs	W
Seem'd holy things as records of their vows	W
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But change came o'er the scene A hurrying tread	N
Broke on the whispery shades Imelda knew	X
The footstep of her brother's wrath and fled	N
Up where the cedars make yon avenue	X
Dim with green twilight pausing there she caught	Y
Was it the clash of swords a swift dark thought	Z
Struck down her lip's rich crimson as it pass'd	A2
And from her eye the sunny sparkle took	B2
One moment with its fearfulness and shook	B2
Her slight frame fiercely as a stormy blast	A2
Might rock the rose Once more and yet once more	C2
She still'd her heart to listen all was o'er	V
Sweet summer winds alone were heard to sigh	D2
Bearing the nightingale's deep spirit by	D2
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That night Imelda's voice was in the song	E2
Lovely it floated thro' the festive throng	E2
Peopling her father's halls That fatal night	F2
Her eye look'd starry in its dazzling light	F2
And her cheek glow'd with beauty's flushing dyes	G2
Like a rich cloud of eve in southern skies	G2
A burning ruby cloud There were whose gaze	H2
Follow'd her form beneath the clear lamp's blaze	H2
And marvell'd at its radiance But a few	X
Beheld the brightness of that feverish hue	X
With something of dim fear and in that glance	I2
Found strange and sudden tokens of unrest	J2
Startling to meet amidst the mazy dance	I2
Where thought if present an unbidden guest	J2
Comes not unmask'd Howe'er this were the time	D
Sped as it speeds with joy and grief and crime	D
Alike and when the banquet's hall was left	K2
Unto its garlands of their bloom bereft	K2
When trembling stars look'd silvery in their wane	M
And heavy flowers yet slumber'd once again	L2
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There stole a footstep fleet and light and lone	M2
Thro' the dim cedar shade the step of one	N2
That started at a leaf of one that fled	N
Of one that panted with some secret dread	N
What did Imelda there She sought the scene	I
Where love so late with youth and hope had been	G
Bodings were on her soul a shuddering thrill	O2
Ran thro' each vein when first the Naiad's rill	O2
Met her with melody sweet sounds and low	E
We hear them yet they live along its flow	E
Her voice is music lost The fountain side	P2
She gain'd the wave flash'd forth 'twas darkly dyed	P2
Ev'n as from warrior hearts and on its edge	Q2
Amidst the fern and flowers and moss tufts deep	R2
There lay as lull'd by stream and rustling sedge	Q2
A youth a graceful youth 'Oh dost thou sleep	R2
Azzo ' she cried 'my Azzo is this rest '	-
But then her low tones falter'd 'On thy breast	J2
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Is the stain yes 'tis blood and that cold cheek	S2
That moveless lip thou dost not slumber speak	S2
Speak Azzo my belov'd no sound no breath	L
What hath come thus between our spirits Death	L
Death I but dream I dream ' and there she stood	T2
A faint frail trembler gazing first on blood	U2
With her fair arm around yon cypress thrown	M2
Her form sustain'd by that dark stem alone	M2
And fading fast like spell struck maid of old	V2
Into white waves dissolving clear and cold	V2
When from the grass her dimm'd eye caught a gleam	D
'Twas where a sword lay shiver'd by the stream	D
Her brother's sword she knew it and she knew	X
'Twas with a venom'd point that weapon slew	X
Wo for young love But love is strong There came	D
Strength upon woman's fragile heart and frame	D
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There came swift courage On the dewy ground	W2
She knelt with all her dark hair floating round	W2
Like a long silken stole she knelt and press'd	J2
Her lips of glowing life to Azzo's breast	J2
Drawing the poison forth A strange sad sight	F2
Pale death and fearless love and solemn night	F2
So the moon saw them last	A2
The Morn came singing	P
Thro' the green forests of the Appenines	I2
With all her joyous birds their free flight winging	P
And steps and voices out amongst the vines	I2
What found that day spring here Two fair forms laid	X2
Like sculptured sleepers from the myrtle shade	X2
Casting a gleam of beauty o'er the wave	Y2
Still mournful sweet Were such things for the grave	Y2
Could it be so indeed That radiant girl	Z2
Deck'd as for bridal hours long braids of pearl	Z2
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Amidst her shadowy locks were faintly shining	P
As tears might shine with melancholy light	F2
And there was gold her slender waist entwining	P
And her pale graceful arms how sadly bright	F2
And fiery gems upon her breast were lying	P
And round her marble brow red roses dying	P
But she died first the violet's hue had spread	N
O'er her sweet eyelids with repose oppress'd	J2
She had bow'd heavily her gentle head	N
And on the youth's hush'd bosom sunk to rest	J2
So slept they well the poison's work was done	N2
Love with true heart had striven but Death had won	N2

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