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POEMS.
II.
A huge crag-platform, smooth as burnished brass,
I chose, whose rangèd ramparts bright
From great broad meadowbases of deep grass
Suddenly scaled the light.
A huge crag-platform, smooth as burnished brass,
I chose, whose rangèd ramparts bright
From great broad meadowbases of deep grass
Suddenly scaled the light.
III.
Thereon I built it firm. Of ledge or shelf
The rock rose clear, or winding stair.
My soul would live alone unto herself
In her high palace there.
Thereon I built it firm. Of ledge or shelf
The rock rose clear, or winding stair.
My soul would live alone unto herself
In her high palace there.
IV.
"While the world runs round and round," I said,
"Reign thou apart, a quiet king;
Still as, while Saturn whirls, his steadfast shade
Sleeps on his luminous ring.
"While the world runs round and round," I said,
"Reign thou apart, a quiet king;
Still as, while Saturn whirls, his steadfast shade
Sleeps on his luminous ring.
V.
"And richly feast within thy palacehall,
Like to the dainty bird that sups,
Lodged in the lustrous crown-imperial,
Draining the honeycups."
"And richly feast within thy palacehall,
Like to the dainty bird that sups,
Lodged in the lustrous crown-imperial,
Draining the honeycups."
