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XXXII.—A DEEAM OF NABONASSAR.
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e Across the breezy channel, across the ...
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Xxxii.—A Deeam Of Nabonassar.
XXXII . —A DEEAM OF NABONASSAR . ( Continued from , p . 100 . )
E Across The Breezy Channel, Across The ...
e Across the breezy channel , across the lovely lakes and mountains , over the heights of Mangerton and the three glorious Keeks ,
into the loveliest glen ever haunted by the fairies , or adorned as a paradise lc Here b y t the leas hand t" sig of hed man my . poor vexed shade" there is
happiness . Surely here , I shall be allowed to rest . " , The sea breeze wailed in answer , as ifc shook the May blossoms
at my feet , and waved the branches of the arbutus . A funeral came across the lake . How the mourners in the boats beat their
breasts , as they raised their wild voices in the air , _crying" Woewoe ! Cut down in his strength—gathered to his fathers
ere his beauty , was ripe !" I would not listen , I would not see , and yet even as I thus
resolved I looked again . But now all had vanished . The joyous birds sang merrily from thorn and arbutus , the mimic waves rippled
peacefully on the sand , not a speck darkened the still clear waters , save the form of a solitary shag that sat fixed and motionless on an
island-rock . The purple mountains lay glorious in sunshine and shadowdimmysterioussilentin their awful beauty ; the fairy
islands , listened , with the , sheen , of Edenradiant in blossomrich In odours g sweeter than Araby ' s ; the soft , _wefet wind , as he swept ,
lovingly over the smooth water , gathered the scents in his way , and . scattered them in the air as incense . And mountainand island
cliff , wood , and blossom , lay . mirrored in the clear lak , e in richest , colours , from palest green to brightest purple , now softly shining , _,
now glistening , sparkling , changing , till the ravished eye , faint withbeautyturns from earth to heavenand thanks God for the
loveliness it , sees . , Oh , Killarney I thou , found most beautiful where all is fair !
thou adorned , as nature decks her favourites , with richest , rarest gifts , what pen can speak of theeand ive even the faintest echo of thy
charms ? "When in the flesh , I g last stood within the sheen and shadow of thy mighty beautI bore with me a hope—a hope of
earth , but now the death-wail y , is in my ears , and I turn away from the fair scene with a sick heart .
I was glad when I found myself in a quiet conservatory , whose form was borrowed from some fairy architecture , with light pillars
clasped and wreathed with lovely flowers , surely twined by some fairy hand . A listening fountain fell in showers of fairy melody
sparkling in drops g of tiny music on leaf and spray , or bubbling into , song again as it danced and littered in its marble basin .
The glossy leaves and brig g ht blossoms played with the sunshine , now revelling in its beams , now hiding in the shadows . Shadows !
there were hundreds of shadows ! Shadows of broad shining leaves ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 165, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/21/
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