FRAGMENT: THE LADY OF THE SOUTH.
[Published by Rossetti, “Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.”, 1870.]
Faint with love, the Lady of the South
Lay in the paradise of Lebanon
Under a heaven of cedar boughs: the drouth
Of love was on her lips; the light was gone
Out of her eyes— _5
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FRAGMENT: ZEPHYRUS THE AWAKENER.
[Published by Rossetti, “Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.”, 1870.]
Come, thou awakener of the spirit’s ocean,
Zephyr, whom to thy cloud or cave
No thought can trace! speed with thy gentle motion!
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FRAGMENT: RAIN.
[Published by Rossetti, “Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.”, 1870.]