" Up and away," oh my spirit 1

But not to the terrible fight,
Nor unto the pitiless hunting,

Nor to crouch under lucre's foul might.
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" Up and away " — seek to win her :
Earth's glory shall fade as the even ;

But the triumph of Love will be written
In the book of the sainted in heaven.
VL

The sun may smile with mellow ray,
And bring a message from above ;
But still, with all his fervent love,

He throws a shadow round my way.
The summer-wind may cool my form,
And tune his voice to friendly glee ;
But ah I he walks upon the sea,

And wrecks a brother in the storm.
The words on Luxor's lofty pile.
Have felt the winds of countless years,
And mock'd a nation's mingled fears ;

But Time shall count them with his spoil.
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How sweet to think no earthly shade
Can fall on me when thou art near I
Thou must have seen a higher sphere,

Else whence the light thy soul display'd !

Thy soothing voice can ne'er deceive

The heart, which deems its soft'ning tone
Hath come from music's airy zone

To heal the scars that made it grieve.
Ah I let me write a loving name
In warmth upon thy precious heart ;
Whate'er betide the pomp of art,

ru live beyond the age of Fame.
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vn.
Before a summer-sun had passed

Above his helpless infant head,

His mother slept among the dead,
And left him to the coming blast.
There were that lov'd the baby-child,
And hush'd with songs his daily tears.
And fondly nurs'd his tender years ;

They, too, were gone before he smil'd.
