poems.
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MARINA'S DAUGHTER.
She dwelt beside a lonely lake;
Most calm and shaded was the water;
And ever early did she wake,
Marina's young and blushing daughter.
Most calm and shaded was the water;
And ever early did she wake,
Marina's young and blushing daughter.
Why from her couch does she arise
To see the sun's most early beam?
She has no costly sacrifice
To offer by her native stream.
To see the sun's most early beam?
She has no costly sacrifice
To offer by her native stream.
What speaks the maiden's youthful voice
As now she lingers by the water?
Her earnest heart and tongue rejoice:
Thus speaks Marina's timid daughter:
As now she lingers by the water?
Her earnest heart and tongue rejoice:
Thus speaks Marina's timid daughter:
'The sun that gilds the glowing east
Is but a visitant awhile;
It stands in heaven as a priest,
Then hides through night its glorious smile.
Is but a visitant awhile;
It stands in heaven as a priest,
Then hides through night its glorious smile.
'It is but there to show a pow'r
Far higher than its changeful beam;
It gladdens earth, unfolds the flow'r,
Then sinks to rest beyond the stream.
Oh! heav'nly sun, beyond thy light
Is there a world unchang'd and bright?'
Far higher than its changeful beam;
It gladdens earth, unfolds the flow'r,
Then sinks to rest beyond the stream.
Oh! heav'nly sun, beyond thy light
Is there a world unchang'd and bright?'
