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Upon a time before the faery broods	A
Drove Nymph and Satyr from the prosperous woods	A
Before King Oberon's bright diadem	B
Sceptre and mantle clasp'd with dewy gem	B
Frighted away the Dryads and the Fauns	A
From rushes green and brakes and cowslip'd lawns	A
The ever smitten Hermes empty left	C
His golden throne bent warm on amorous theft	C
From high Olympus had he stolen light	D
On this side of Jove's clouds to escape the sight	D
Of his great summoner and made retreat	E
Into a forest on the shores of Crete	E
For somewhere in that sacred island dwelt	F
A nymph to whom all hoofed Satyrs knelt	F
At whose white feet the languid Tritons poured	G
Pearls while on land they wither d and adored	G
Fast by the springs where she to bathe was wont	H
And in those meads where sometime she might haunt	I
Were strewn rich gifts unknown to any Muse	A
Though Fancy s casket were unlock d to choose	A
Ah what a world of love was at her feet	E
So Hermes thought and a celestial heat	E
Burnt from his winged heels to either ear	J
That from a whiteness as the lily clear	K
Blush d into roses mid his golden hair	L
Fallen in jealous curls about his shoulders bare	L
From vale to vale from wood to wood he flew	M
Breathing upon the flowers his passion new	M
And wound with many a river to its head	N
To find where this sweet nymph prepar d her secret bed	N
In vain the sweet nymph might nowhere be found	O
And so he rested on the lonely ground	O
Pensive and full of painful jealousies	A
Of the Wood Gods and even the very trees	A
There as he stood he heard a mournful voice	A
Such as once heard in gentle heart destroys	A
All pain but pity thus the lone voice spake	P
When from this wreathed tomb shall I awake	P
When move in a sweet body fit for life	Q
And love and pleasure and the ruddy strife	Q
Of hearts and lips Ah miserable me	R
The God dove footed glided silently	R
Round bush and tree soft brushing in his speed	S
The taller grasses and full flowering weed	S
Until he found a palpitating snake	P
Bright and cirque couchant in a dusky brake	P
	-
She was a gordian shape of dazzling hue	M
Vermilion spotted golden green and blue	M
Striped like a zebra freckled like a pard	S
Eyed like a peacock and all crimson barr d	S
And full of silver moons that as she breathed	S
Dissolv d or brighter shone or interwreathed	S
Their lustres with the gloomier tapestries	A
So rainbow sided touch d with miseries	A
She seem d at once some penanced lady elf	T
Some demon s mistress or the demon s self	T
Upon her crest she wore a wannish fire	U
Sprinkled with stars like Ariadne s tiar	U
Her head was serpent but ah bitter sweet	S
She had a woman s mouth with all its pearls complete	S
And for her eyes what could such eyes do there	U
But weep and weep that they were born so fair	U
As Proserpine still weeps for her Sicilian air	U
Her throat was serpent but the words she spake	P
Came as through bubbling honey for Love s sake	P
And thus while Hermes on his pinions lay	V
Like a stoop d falcon ere he takes his prey	V
	-
Fair Hermes crown d with feathers fluttering light	S
I had a splendid dream of thee last night	S
I saw thee sitting on a throne of gold	S
Among the Gods upon Olympus old	S
The only sad one for thou didst not hear	U
The soft lute finger d Muses chaunting clear	U
Nor even Apollo when he sang alone	W
Deaf to his throbbing throat s long long melodious moan	W
I dreamt I saw thee robed in purple flakes	A
Break amorous through the clouds as morning breaks	A
And swiftly as a bright Phoebean dart	S
Strike for the Cretan isle and here thou art	S
Too gentle Hermes hast thou found the maid	S
Whereat the star of Lethe not delay d	S
His rosy eloquence and thus inquired	S
Thou smooth lipp d serpent surely high inspired	S
Thou beauteous wreath with melancholy eyes	A
Possess whatever bliss thou canst devise	A
Telling me only where my nymph is fled	S
Where she doth breathe Bright planet thou hast said	S
Return d the snake but seal with oaths fair God	S
I swear said Hermes by my serpent rod	S
And by thine eyes and by thy starry crown	X
Light flew his earnest words among the blossoms blown	W
Then thus again the brilliance feminine	Y
Too frail of heart for this lost nymph of thine	Z
Free as the air invisibly she strays	A
About these thornless wilds her pleasant days	A
She tastes unseen unseen her nimble feet	S
Leave traces in the grass and flowers sweet	S
From weary tendrils and bow d branches green	A2
She plucks the fruit unseen she bathes unseen	A2
And by my power is her beauty veil d	S
To keep it unaffronted unassail d	S
By the love glances of unlovely eyes	A
Of Satyrs Fauns and blear d Silenus sighs	A
Pale grew her immortality for woe	B2
Of all these lovers and she grieved so	B2
I took compassion on her bade her steep	C2
Her hair in weird syrops that would keep	C2
Her loveliness invisible yet free	S
To wander as she loves in liberty	S
Thou shalt behold her Hermes thou alone	W
If thou wilt as thou swearest grant my boon	D2
Then once again the charmed God began	E2
An oath and through the serpent s ears it ran	E2
Warm tremulous devout psalterian	E2
Ravish d she lifted her Circean head	S
Blush d a live damask and swift lisping said	S
I was a woman let me have once more	U
A woman s shape and charming as before	U
I love a youth of Corinth O the bliss	A
Give me my woman s form and place me where he is	A
Stoop Hermes let me breathe upon thy brow	U
And thou shalt see thy sweet nymph even now	U
The God on half shut feathers sank serene	E2
She breath d upon his eyes and swift was seen	E2
Of both the guarded nymph near smiling on the green	E2
It was no dream or say a dream it was	A
Real are the dreams of Gods and smoothly pass	A
Their pleasures in a long immortal dream	F2
One warm flush d moment hovering it might seem	F2
Dash d by the wood nymph s beauty so he burn d	S
Then lighting on the printless verdure turn d	S
To the swoon d serpent and with languid arm	G2
Delicate put to proof the lythe Caducean charm	G2
So done upon the nymph his eyes he bent	S
Full of adoring tears and blandishment	S
And towards her stept she like a moon in wane	E2
Faded before him cower d nor could restrain	E2
Her fearful sobs self folding like a flower	U
That faints into itself at evening hour	U
But the God fostering her chilled hand	S
She felt the warmth her eyelids open d bland	S
And like new flowers at morning song of bees	A
Bloom d and gave up her honey to the lees	A
Into the green recessed woods they flew	M
Nor grew they pale as mortal lovers do	M
	-
Left to herself the serpent now began	E2
To change her elfin blood in madness ran	E2
Her mouth foam d and the grass therewith besprent	M
Wither d at dew so sweet and virulent	M
Her eyes in torture fix d and anguish drear	U
Hot glaz d and wide with lid lashes all sear	U
Flash d phosphor and sharp sparks without one cooling tear	U
The colours all inflam d throughout her train	E2
She writh d about convuls d with scarlet pain	E2
A deep volcanian yellow took the place	A
Of all her milder mooned body s grace	A
And as the lava ravishes the mead	M
Spoilt all her silver mail and golden brede	M
Made gloom of all her frecklings streaks and bars	A
Eclips d her crescents and lick d up her stars	A
So that in moments few she was undrest	M
Of all her sapphires greens and amethyst	M
And rubious argent of all these bereft	M
Nothing but pain and ugliness were left	M
Still shone her crown that vanish d also she	S
Melted and disappear d as suddenly	S
And in the air her new voice l	H2

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