Framed by an inner beam of golden light,

Beheld a maiden of madonna face,

Pensive and sad, yet with a nameless grace,

Presage, I thought, of the unfolding years,

That hide some things that are too deep for tears!

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THE SPECTRAL ROWERS

What is that shimmering line of white

Gliding under the stark midnight—

Gliding—gliding—gliding—gliding—

Where the river gleams when the moon is bright?