A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN.
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lix.
"Single I grew, like some green plant, whose root
Creeps to the garden waterpipes beneath,
Feeding the flower; but ere my flower to fruit
Changed, I was ripe for death.
"Single I grew, like some green plant, whose root
Creeps to the garden waterpipes beneath,
Feeding the flower; but ere my flower to fruit
Changed, I was ripe for death.
lx.
"My God, my land, my father—these did move
Me from my bliss of life, that Nature gave,
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love
Down to a silent grave.
"My God, my land, my father—these did move
Me from my bliss of life, that Nature gave,
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love
Down to a silent grave.
lxi.
"And I went mourning, 'no fair Hebrew boy
Shall smile away my maiden blame among
The Hebrew mothers'—emptied of all joy,
Leaving the dance and song,
"And I went mourning, 'no fair Hebrew boy
Shall smile away my maiden blame among
The Hebrew mothers'—emptied of all joy,
Leaving the dance and song,
lxii.
"Leaving the olivegardens far below,
Leaving the promise of my bridal bower,
The valleys of grapeloaded vines that glow
Beneath the battled tower.
"Leaving the olivegardens far below,
Leaving the promise of my bridal bower,
The valleys of grapeloaded vines that glow
Beneath the battled tower.
