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The Maiden musing on the Warrior's words	A
Turn'd from the Hall of Glory Now they reach'd	B
A cavern at whose mouth a Genius stood	C
In front a beardless youth whose smiling eye	D
Beam'd promise but behind withered and old	E
And all unlovely Underneath his feet	F
Lay records trampled and the laurel wreath	G
Now rent and faded in his hand he held	H
An hour glass and as fall the restless sands	I
So pass the lives of men By him they past	J
Along the darksome cave and reach'd a stream	K
Still rolling onward its perpetual waves	L
Noiseless and undisturbed Here they ascend	M
A Bark unpiloted that down the flood	N
Borne by the current rush'd The circling stream	K
Returning to itself an island form'd	O
Nor had the Maiden's footsteps ever reach'd	B
The insulated coast eternally	P
Rapt round the endless course but Theodore	Q
Drove with an angel's will the obedient bark	R
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They land a mighty fabric meets their eyes	S
Seen by its gem born light Of adamant	T
The pile was framed for ever to abide	U
Firm in eternal strength Before the gate	V
Stood eager EXPECTATION as to list	W
The half heard murmurs issuing from within	X
Her mouth half open'd and her head stretch'd forth	Y
On the other side there stood an aged Crone	Z
Listening to every breath of air she knew	A2
Vague suppositions and uncertain dreams	B2
Of what was soon to come for she would mark	R
The paley glow worm's self created light	C2
And argue thence of kingdoms overthrown	Z
And desolated nations ever fill'd	D2
With undetermin'd terror as she heard	E2
Or distant screech owl or the regular beat	F
Of evening death watch	F2
'Maid ' the Spirit cried	U
Here robed in shadows dwells FUTURITY	U
There is no eye hath seen her secret form	G2
For round the MOTHER OF TIME unpierced mists	H2
Aye hover Would'st thou read the book of Fate	U
Enter '	-
The Damsel for a moment paus'd	U
Then to the Angel spake 'All gracious Heaven	I2
Benignant in withholding hath denied	U
To man that knowledge I in faith assured	U
That he my heavenly Father for the best	U
Ordaineth all things in that faith remain	J2
Contented '	-
'Well and wisely hast thou said	U
So Theodore replied 'and now O Maid	U
Is there amid this boundless universe	K2
One whom thy soul would visit is there place	L2
To memory dear or visioned out by hope	M2
Where thou would'st now be present form the wish	N2
And I am with thee there '	-
His closing speech	O2
Yet sounded on her ear and lo they stood	U
Swift as the sudden thought that guided them	P2
Within the little cottage that she loved	U
'He sleeps the good man sleeps ' enrapt she cried	U
As bending o'er her Uncle's lowly bed	U
Her eye retraced his features 'See the beads	Q2
That never morn nor night he fails to tell	R2
Remembering me his child in every prayer	S2
Oh quiet be thy sleep thou dear old man	T2
Good Angels guard thy rest and when thine hour	U2
Is come as gently mayest thou wake to life	V2
As when thro' yonder lattice the next sun	I2
Shall bid thee to thy morning orisons	Q2
Thy voice is heard the Angel guide rejoin'd	U
He sees thee in his dreams he hears thee breathe	W2
Blessings and pleasant is the good man's rest	U
Thy fame has reached him for who has not heard	U
Thy wonderous exploits and his aged heart	U
Hath felt the deepest joy that ever yet	U
Made his glad blood flow fast Sleep on old Claude	U
Peaceful pure Spirit be thy sojourn here	X2
And short and soon thy passage to that world	U
Where friends shall part no more	Q
'Does thy soul own	Z
No other wish or sleeps poor Madelon	Y2
Forgotten in her grave seest thou yon star '	-
The Spirit pursued regardless of her eye	D
That look'd reproach 'seest thou that evening star	Z2
Whose lovely light so often we beheld	U
From yonder woodbine porch how have we gazed	U
Into the dark deep sky till the baffled soul	A3
Lost in the infinite returned and felt	U
The burthen of her bodily load and yearned	U
For freedom Maid in yonder evening slar	Z2
Lives thy departed friend I read that glance	Q2
And we are there '	-
He said and they had past	U
The immeasurable space	Q2
Then on her ear	Z2
The lonely song of adoration rose	Q2
Sweet as the cloister'd virgins vesper hymn	B3
Whose spirit happily dead to earthly hopes	Q2
Already lives in Heaven Abrupt the song	C3
Ceas'd tremulous and quick a cry	Z2
Of joyful wonder rous'd the astonish'd Maid	U
And instant Madelon was in her arms	Q2
No airy form no unsubstantial shape	D3
She felt her friend she prest her to her heart	U
Their tears of rapture mingled	U
She drew back	E3
And eagerly she gazed on Madelon	Y2
Then fell upon her neck again and wept	U
No more she saw the long drawn lines of grief	F3
The emaciate form the hue of sickliness	Q2
The languid eye youth's loveliest freshness now	G3
Mantled her cheek whose every lineament	U
Bespake the soul at rest a holy calm	H3
A deep and full tranquillity of bliss	Q2
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'Thou then art come my first and dearest friend '	-
The well known voice of Madelon began	T2
'Thou then art come and was thy pilgrimage	I3
So short on earth and was it painful too	U
Painful and short as mine but blessed they	J3
Who from the crimes and miseries of the world	U
Early escape '	-
'Nay ' Theodore replied	U
She hath not yet fulfill'd her mortal work	K3
Permitted visitant from earth she comes	Q2
To see the seat of rest and oftentimes	Q2
In sorrow shall her soul remember this	Q2
And patient of the transitory woe	L3
Partake the anticipated peace again '	-
'Soon be that work perform'd ' the Maid exclaimed	U
'O Madelon O Theodore my soul	A3
Spurning the cold communion of the world	U
Will dwell with you but I shall patiently	P
Yea even with joy endure the allotted ills	Q2
Of which the memory in this better state	U
Shall heighten bliss That hour of agony	P
When Madelon I felt thy dying grasp	M3
And from thy forehead wiped the dews of death	N3
The very horrors of that hour assume	O3
A shape that now delights '	-
'O earliest friend	U
I too remember ' Madelon replied	U
'That hour thy looks of watchful agony	P
The suppressed grief that struggled in thine eye	Z2
Endearing love's last kindness Thou didst know	L3
With what a deep and melancholy joy	P3
I felt the hour draw on but who can speak	Q3
The unutterable transport when mine eyes	Q2
As from a long and dreary dream unclosed	U
Amid this peaceful vale unclos'd on him	B3
My Arnaud he had built me up a bower	Z2
A bower of rest See Maiden where he comes	Q2
His manly lineaments his beaming eye	Z2
The same but now a holier innocence	Q2
Sits on his cheek and loftier thoughts illume	B3
The enlighten'd glance '	-
They met what joy was theirs	Q2
He best can feel who for a dear friend dead	U
Has wet the midnight pillow with his tears	Q2
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Fair was the scene around an ample vale	R3
Whose mountain circle at the distant verge	S3
Lay softened on the sight the near ascent	U
Rose bolder up in part abrupt and bare	Z2
Part with the ancient majesty of woods	Q2
Adorn'd or lifting high its rocks sublime	B3
The river's liquid radiance roll'd beneath	G
Beside the bower of Madelon it wound	U
A broken stream whose shallows tho' the waves	Q2
Roll'd on their way with rapid melody	U
A child might tread Behind an orange grove	T3
Its gay green foliage starr'd with golden fruit	U
But with what odours did their blossoms load	U
The passing gale of eve less thrilling sweet	U
Rose from the marble's perforated floor	Z2
Where kneeling at her prayers the Moorish queen	U3
Inhaled the cool delight and whilst she asked	U
The Prophet for his promised paradise	Q2
Shaped from the present scene its utmost joys	Q2
A goodly scene fair as that faery land	U
Where Arthur lives by ministering spirits borne	V3
From Camlan's bloody banks or as the groves	Q2
Of earliest Eden where so legends say	J3
Enoch abides and he who rapt away	J3
By fiery steeds and chariotted in fire	Z2
Past in his mortal form the eternal ways	Q2
And John beloved of Christ enjoying there	Z2
The beatific vision sometimes seen	U3
The distant dawning of eternal day	J3
Till all things be fulfilled	U
'Survey this scene '	-
So Theodore address'd the Maid of Arc	R
'There is no evil here no wretchedness	Q2
It is the Heave	W3

Robert Southey

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