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Ealien and Lenard; or, The shadow of a prophecy
Ealien and Lenard or The shadow of a prophecy Author:James Norman Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PREFACE. The miscellaneous poems, supplemented, appear like the shattered remnants of the eagerly-constructed altars of admiration that stand out retrospectiv... more »ely along the paths of imagination, marking the resting-place where thought hesitated, catching the miraged picture of fancy, then too hastily abandoned ere words had portrayed beyond the sphere of mediocrity the transient pictures. Amongst the subjoined poems will be found evidence that I have given the city of my adoption some little of my humble consideration. The whole, being of the extemporaneous order, are offered to the public, lacking further apology from the author. In idle hours the truant-thought Utopia's golden shores bereave Of dreams within her mazes wrought, Then linking truth with fancy's weave. Though poets may sing of the beauties displayed By the Rhine's lofty banks, or the Danube's blue shades, Yet arrayed in thy mantle by Nature's choice care, I still think thee peerless, thou Schuylkill, so fair.—Norman. BEAUTIES OF THE SCHUYLKILL. Oft on thy banks with pleasure I've strayed, Charmed by the scenery that Nature thee gave, And wondered could others have adornments as rare, Or rival thy beauty, thou Schuylkill, so fair. Those little green isles, that so reposefully rest, Seem nestled so calmly away in thy breast, Make me think that thy kindness, in shielding them there, But enhances thy beauty, thou Schuylkill, so fair. Those rocks towering over, stern time to defy, Add grandeur to beauty, and charm every eye; Thy banks clothed in verdure, and balm laden air, Make thee more enchanting, thou Schuylkill, so fair. Though poets may sing of the beauties displayed By the Rhine's lofty banks, or the Danube's blue shades, Yet arrayed in thy mantle by Nature's choi...« less