POEMS.
37
The glorious oak and sycamore,
With myrtle, bay,
Arbutus, jessamine, perfume
The air each day.
With myrtle, bay,
Arbutus, jessamine, perfume
The air each day.
And through the slanting sunlight runs
The river bright,
Crowned with a lustrous pyramid
Of starry light.
The river bright,
Crowned with a lustrous pyramid
Of starry light.
And ships in endless motion glide
With rarest freight,
Like white swans floating side by side
In regal state!
With rarest freight,
Like white swans floating side by side
In regal state!
Close underfoot the tender grass
Of vivid green,
Far famed in Syria throughout
Each varied scene.
Of vivid green,
Far famed in Syria throughout
Each varied scene.
The Syrian sky in hazy warmth,
O'er land and sea,
Scatters a thousand purple hues
Unceasingly.
O'er land and sea,
Scatters a thousand purple hues
Unceasingly.
Surpassing beautiful the fields
And birds of song,
That warble in enchanted groves
The whole day long,
And birds of song,
That warble in enchanted groves
The whole day long,
Through sunny gardens where the spray
Of fountains drip
Of fountains drip
