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169 A DREAM OF NABONASSAR ,
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E Across The Breezy Channel, Across The ...
"I ' m happy as a S _23 ring , dear , That A g ' s lancing scarcel , dancing seen ' neath spring grass , or green ;
There's not y on earth a happier thing . " I ' m happy as the flowers
With the dew upon their bed , And To petals drink gay the , sunshine just oped over to-day -head .
"Pm happy as a brook , love , That Unseen sweet , like and hidden clear , to fay listening , ear
Goes singing on its way . " . Lik In e heart all that and ' s voice bright I , do like rejoice all that . ' s gay ,
Pm In happy earth as in the air day in sea ! or sk There nothing , is , ! there , nothing y , is
One half so glad as I . " Tlie door bursts opena man enters in an agony of terror— -he
, is spent " Oh and Madam worn has with Mr hard . Harry riding drunk . that medicine ? "
" " Oh Yes , . wake Good him , Heaven ! wake s , wh him y ! ?" He is poisoned ! " Her shriek
her rings quivering throug , h li my ps , ears her . frantic Shut out agony from ! _^ take my eyes me away her white , spirits face , I , cannot bear this
. Wake " Oh him , Harry ! Wake ! Harry him ! ! my Oh husband for God , ' s speak sake wake to me him once ! " more .
, Floating Ah , wake in him , the but sunb not e here ams ; cam here e he the will angels never that wake watch more for . the
on he dying shall , gentl not y wake they — bear nonot him when away she in is their comforted arms , , holding still sleep her ing first , for
-, born son in her arms . Ah I reb ! whither el against are your you decrees taking me I will now go , relentless no farther sp , irits I will ? not see
, her , the youngest , the best beloved . sea In and vain land I strugg . And le . now Swiftl anoth y er the sp unseen irit joins hands us . bear I see and me her on not resist over , for
no she more is purer . Ah , "bri whither ghter than would I , I but not I have feel her gone presence with her , by my I side ! leave The invisible me now powers , and I am that led had by the hith willing erto comp hand elled of love my wandering alone . s _^
moodil land We of y pass music wondered over and tli 9 at of . gay lig It ht towns has , where , and too , life brilliant many is enjoyed a this cities quiet , The of not and France suffere mount beautiful , d that ains or
rise village above , and it surel and a y fair none river mor rolls e lovely than at their feet . ; yet it is a sad place , for here , the bankrupt in away health and the broken in heart
Dome to die .
169 A Dream Of Nabonassar ,
169 A DREAM OF _NABONASSAR _,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 169, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/25/
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