Bessie Rayner Parkes Poems

THE steadfast coursing of the stars,
The waves that ripple to the shore,
The vigorous trees which year by year
Spread upwards more and more;
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GOOD bye, Old Year!
And with thee take
Thanks for the gifts to every land
Thou broughtest in thy bounteous hand,
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WHAT is it? a speck in the distance,
A rumour that flies in the air,
Too faint to be met by resistance,
Too strong to be braved by despair.
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SWEET melody amidst the moving spheres
Breaks forth, a solemn and entrancing sound,
A harmony whereof the earth's green hills
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OH, dear to me the simple flowers
Which bloom in gardens such as these,
Let jasmine shine in ladies' bowers,
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WHAT do the scales of Justice hold,
Poised even in that steady hand?--
What is that measure closely scanned?
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LITTLE yellow darling,
Delicate and pale,
Can thy gentle loveliness
Brook such a wintry gale,
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NO word of pity, if the storm should beat,
Need any voice bestow which calls you dear;
You will not quail beneath the foolish heat,
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DEEP heart and earnest eyes
Seeking for rest,
Finding a weight that lies
Cold on thy breast,
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ALAS! they have stolen my Fairy Princess,
And where they have hidden her I cannot guess.
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