George Darley Bright Poems
- 1. The Joy Of Childhood
Down the dimpled green-sward dancing
Bursts a flaxen-headed bevy,
Bud-lipt boys and girls advancing
Love's irregular little levy.
... - 2. The Moon And Sea
Whilst the moon decks herself in Neptune's glass
And ponders over her image in the sea,
Her cloudy locks smoothing from off her face
That she may all as bright as beauty be;
... - 3. The Phoenix
O Blest unfabled Incense Tree,
That burns in glorious Araby,
With red scent chalicing the air,
Till earth-life grow Elysian there!
... - 4. The Gambols Of Children
DOWN the dimpled greensward dancing,
Bursts a flaxen-headed bevy,-
Bud-lipt boys and girls advancing,
Love's irregular little levy.
... - 5. Nepenthe
O blest unfabled Incense Tree,
That burns in glorious Araby,
With red scent chalicing the air,
Till earth-life grow Elysian there!
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