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From Prose sEeteaes and Poems. SIMILES-IN TWO sONNETS
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 Above me are the dazzling snows; around The mountains bend, high, rocky, and eterne; Anear the rattling rivulet doth sound, And far below, 1t hath the bosom found Of bright lake, that seemeth not to spurn One ray of sunlight from it's gentle presence, But doth embody all, and seemeth changed To sheeted light by Sol's etherial essence. o silver star! for whom doth ever burn The altar of my souls idolatry! Let thy bright arrows sink into the sea Ofmy sad soul, until it gently calm; And tho thou eanst but people lone dream, 0 soothe me like an angels silver palm. And close beyond, the mountains gray gray ,ap- stream,

 Like cloudy shades into the upper air. Perpetual watchers do the giants seem Of the lakes quiet. Lo! their heads are bare Beneath Gods presence, which is mighty there,

 In the etherial, thin, keen element. A floating cloud hath down from heaven bent, And on the hillside feeds the springing leaves,

 And into water-drops it's soul doth weave, Feeding the streams. Q lady of my loye Be thou, though absent, like the silver cloud, Over my soul. o may thy spirit move, Feeding its dark and parched wilderness! And once, or ere die, touch. transport, bless Mountains of xelnes, April l5, 1882 