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Delora , spirit of my heart I , Delora , we can never part I . 1 _ . I see thy form 1 angelic bare Thou float ' at amid thine auburn hair 1 , Delora , templed shrine of blissr—Thou fad ' st without one cbts $ ong kiss , r ' ™* Ax& nfftidetthig space takes Sis , and t | is ri ^ frvc , ^ • :: JDelora '
Oh , man of ease ! Oh , moderate fool Stunted with dulness , £ q& by rulev Carping at passion with a whine , How dar ' st thou limit God ' s design ? The self-pois'd sun , the changeless sea , Emblem'd the elements in me ; But I was as a child with thee , Delora I
Now I ana old , haggard and poor , Delora ; now doth winter frore , Knot up my joints : the wild wind whistles Thro * my coarse hair , and thro * the thistle That on the battlement forlorn , Nod like the shades of warriors gone , In haze of twilight , even and morn ; Delora !
The wild goat cries i the ruin'd hall ; The fiend-faced wolf looks thro * the wall The hoarse rooks sail , and . war and wail , O ' er the cleft towers , till evening pale ; The goblin owl leaves tier ivy <> ld » There to hoot in moonshine cold ; While dim glides by Oblivion vast ,. — Wan image of the spectral past J But ne ' er one look on me he cast ; Delora !
In the tenth year of this my state , This vigil against Time an £ Fate ! There pass'd one eve an ags&d lor ^ Roving alone by conscience gtyr ' iL ' < Iustant I knew him !—fain he would : xmw * Mk » * « mBiflfti ^ Wttw "" i *** fepl ^^ to 4 tre him s tood ! / ' baa aoAlien ' or itu . v -f'LJ \ U " - */ ;\ y " . ; - , «\ utAA jm *• o" . fnM * Mora ^ iukit ^ ui r »> ' Mk ' .. 't » rt ..
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1836, page 728, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2664/page/12/
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