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| —There, did the iron Genius not disdain The gentle Power that haunts the myrtle plain, There might the love-sick Maiden sit, and chide Th' insuperable rocks and severing tide, There watch at eve her Lover's sun-gilt sail Approaching, and upbraid the tardy gale, There list at midnight, till is heard no more, Below, the echo of his parting oar, There [hang] in fear, when growls the frozen stream[v], To guide his dangerous tread, the taper's gleam. There might the maiden chide, in love-sick mood, The insuperable rocks and severing flood; At midnight listen till his parting oar, And its last echo, can be heard no more. Yet tender thoughts dwell there, no solitude Hath power youth's natural feelings to exclude; There doth the maiden watch her lover's sail Approaching, and upbraid the tardy gale. | 1815 1836 1836 C. |
—There, did the iron Genius not disdain
The gentle Power that haunts the myrtle plain,
There might the love-sick Maiden sit, and chide
Th' insuperable rocks and severing tide,
There watch at eve her Lover's sun-gilt sail
Approaching, and upbraid the tardy gale,
There list at midnight, till is heard no more,
Below, the echo of his parting oar,
There [hang] in fear, when growls the frozen stream[v],
To guide his dangerous tread, the taper's gleam.
There might the maiden chide, in love-sick mood,
The insuperable rocks and severing flood;
At midnight listen till his parting oar,
And its last echo, can be heard no more.
Yet tender thoughts dwell there, no solitude
Hath power youth's natural feelings to exclude;
There doth the maiden watch her lover's sail
Approaching, and upbraid the tardy gale.