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Drop of dewy light !—Liker dew than fire , Lit to guide the flight Of thy mate ' s desire , — Thou look ' st a fairy robed in a moonbeam's attire . In thy leafy network Thou , enshrined , dost glow , And a beamy fretwork O ' er its verdure throw , — Thou little spirit of light , green-paradised below !
Reveals thy magic lamp , by silent genii tended . Beautiful the glory , Pallid lamp of eve ! Twilight transitory Doth , from thee receive , When deep in herbs and flowers thy splendours thou dost weave .
Twilight , the dim ghost Of the bright day ended , From the awful host Of great hills descended ,
When the verdant floor And blue vault of night Love ' s star glideth o ' er With its holy light , Thy rays responsive glance to its aerial height .
Silver-fretted clouds In the vaulted blue , Likest are the shrouds Which thy beams imbue Of lightly-stirring leaves that palace thee in dew .
Eyes which sorrow dampeth With the grief of love , That in beauty lampeth Thro' their lashes , wove With crystal tearwork , beam like thee in dewy grove . When thy fires , in number , Brightest beams retain , Clouds break on the slumber
Of the air in rain , — Even as too many smiles do herald tearful pain . Centred in sweet bushes Drench'd by the fast rain , Where thine emerald blushes , Paled , but bright remain , Thou art as a calm heart which sorrows beat in vain .
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1834, page 571, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2636/page/41/